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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 10:11:59 +0100 From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> To: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> Cc: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>, linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org> Subject: Re: nvram and generic_nvram modules are problematic, was Re: [PATCH] arch: m68k: mac: misc.c: Remove some unused functions On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Jan 2015, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote: >> > On Thu, 1 Jan 2015, Rickard Strandqvist wrote: >> > > Removes some functions that are not used anywhere: >> > > mac_pram_write() mac_pram_read() >> > >> > ... I'd rather not remove all of this code. Better to finish the >> > implementation. >> >> Indeed. >> >> > Would it be acceptable to utilize drivers/char/generic_nvram.c and >> > CONFIG_GENERIC_NVRAM? This is the PowerMac PRAM driver but looks >> > generic enough that it may not need any modification for 68k Macs. >> >> Yes, that would be great. >> > > Unfortunately, it seems to be unworkable. An alternative could be to just provide an nvram attribute file in sysfs, like many RTC drivers do. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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