linux-kernel - Re: [uclinux-dist-devel] blackfin: how is the I-pipe code supposed to be built?

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Message-Id: <201206112131.14430.vapier@gentoo.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:31:12 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	"Zhang, Sonic" <Sonic.Zhang@...log.com>,
	"uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org" 
	<uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"philippe.gerum@...omai.org" <philippe.gerum@...omai.org>
Subject: Re: [uclinux-dist-devel] blackfin: how is the I-pipe code supposed 
 to	be built?

On Monday 11 June 2012 15:44:50 Paul Bolle wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-06-10 at 23:05 -0400, Zhang, Sonic wrote:
> > The IPIPE patch is part of the ADEOS real time kernel patch. The
> > common part of this patch hasn't been merged into mainline by the
> > maintainer Philippe Gerum, although the Blackfin architecture part
> > was. The relative Kbuild support and Kconfig symbols are defined in
> > the ADOES common patch.
> 
> What's the point of having code in the mainline tree, for over three
> years, without any Kbuild or Kconfig support?

because the Blackfin team cares about keeping ADEOS active throughout the 
rewrites/updates of core code.  it isn't hurting keeping the code in the 
arch/blackfin/ tree, and we're ok with any overhead it implies for the team.
-mike

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