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Message-ID: <1288112616-notmuch-felipe.contreras@nokia.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:07:57 +0300
From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...ia.com>
To: fernando.lugo@...com, felipe.contreras@...il.com
Cc: gregkh@...e.de, hiroshi.doyu@...ia.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andy.shevchenko@...il.com,
linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/8] staging: tidspbridge - remove req_addr from proc_map
fernando.lugo@...com wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Fernando Guzman Lugo
> > <x0095840@...com> wrote:
> > > The device address is assigned by tidspbridge no need for
> > that parameter anymore.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Fernando Guzman Lugo <x0095840@...com>
> >
> > This would break the API with user-space, right?
>
> Yes, user-space needs to be changed accordingly.
Wouldn't it make sense to avoid stuffing so many changes at once
including ABI breakage?
Does user-space really _needs_ to be changed? Can't you just ignore that
argument?
> > I think this change should be delayed, preferably after we
> > have a working tidspbridge.
>
> The issue you were seeing must be fixed with patch 2/8, and
> Having all the dependencies tidspbridge has to be working
> Properly.
Yes, which might not happen at .37. If we revert the iommu stuff, we
might have a chance at having a working bridge on .37.
--
Felipe Contreras
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