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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:51:57 +1000 From: Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com> To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk> CC: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/arm/Kconfig: Make UIO available on ARM architecture Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 10:43:42AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: >> On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 10:23 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: >>> That would be misleading though - !CPU_CP15_MMU does not mean we >>> support unaligned accesses. It means that we may have no way to >>> support fixing up unaligned accesses. >> Doesn't that mean you should disallow MTD (or at least 16-bit NOR flash) >> if !CPU_CP15_MMU, then? But at the moment you allow it? > > Ask Hyok or Greg Ungerer. I would agree that it means disabling 16-bit NOR flash, but the 8-bit case should be fine right? A complete disable of MTD seems like overkill. A more fine grained approach would be better. Regards Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Ungerer -- Chief Software Dude EMAIL: gerg@...pgear.com Secure Computing Corporation PHONE: +61 7 3435 2888 825 Stanley St, FAX: +61 7 3891 3630 Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia WEB: http://www.SnapGear.com -- 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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