linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 5/6] x86: add CONFIG_ARM

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:05:21 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, giancarlo.asnaghi@...com,
	alan@...ux.intel.com, linux@....linux.org.uk, x86@...nel.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 5/6] x86: add CONFIG_ARM_AMBA, selected by STA2X11

On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 12:41:59PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 07/02/2012 11:33 AM, Mark Brown wrote:

> >> Last I saw I saw a patch to that effect, asked what the benefit
> >> was, and got no answer.

> > Are you positive about that?  I don't recall you replying any of
> > the times I sent out the patch and my mail archive isn't
> > contradicting me either.

> I said last time I saw a patch to that effect; it might not have been
> from you.  I might not have seen yours for whatever reason (including
> losing it on my end.)

I'm kind of surprised anyone else has been sending stuff (unless mine
got resent by someone else, I did include it in some of my serises for
the clock API); I know I've posted mine several times now.  In any case,
I hope the mail you're replying to answers your question about why it's
useful.

In general I'd probably go further and say that (at least when a generic
implementation is available) there should be a very good reason for not
enabling an API on an architecture rather than the other way around.

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