linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-am33-list] [PATCH 2/2] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #2]

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Date:	Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:38:05 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	"Suzuki Takashi" <suzuki.takashi@...il.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-am33-list@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-am33-list] [PATCH 2/2] MN10300: Add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel [try #2]

Suzuki Takashi <suzuki.takashi@...il.com> wrote:

> I'm very annoyed and a bit surprised to hear they admitted such a big
> change so easily.

Why be annoyed?  It's not actually a substantial change.

> You and I know there are consumer devices already out running the am33
> port of the kernel.

Yes, and have been for years, I suspect.

> What triggered me to comment on your patch was that its directory and file
> structure is very different from the ones there.  There are no cpu-, proc-
> and unit- directories and no names with mn103e10_* there.

Things are allowed to change.

> The kernels there seem to be already running on several processors,
> some of which are with AM34 cores that you concern about, according to
> the #ifdefs there.

Yes.

> > The problem is how much?  I could just move all the cpu-am33v2/ files into
> > the dir above, but what happens if an incompatible CPU core is introduced?
> 
> How does your client say?

MEI have agreed for me to do that.  I can always undo it later if sufficiently
incompatible CPU cores arise that warrant that level of segregation.

David
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