linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 8/8] Revert "percpu: free percpu allocation info for uniprocessor system"

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Message-ID: <541F3055.4060706@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:08:53 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Waldemar Brodkorb <mail@...demar-brodkorb.de>
CC:	Mikael Starvik <mikael.starvik@...s.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jespern@...s.com>,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	linux-cris-kernel <linux-cris-kernel@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 8/8] Revert "percpu: free percpu allocation info for
 uniprocessor system"

On 09/21/2014 12:19 PM, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> Guenter Roeck wrote,
>
>> On 09/21/2014 10:23 AM, Mikael Starvik wrote:
>>> Thanks for all your work with CRIS! CRISv10 is alive but is currently used as small helper CPUs close to hardware blocks.
>>>
>>
>> You are welcome. Now it would be even better if we could get the upstream code to work
>> with qemu. Which leads to the questions - is CRISv32 alive, and is there a chance
>> to get there ? Also, if CRISv10 is alive, is there any interest or even benefit to
>> maintain it in the latest kernel ? Because if not, we might as well drop v10 support
>> to simplify kernel maintenance.
>
> Please do not drop crisv10 support.
> Don't kill my foxboard lx cluster ;)
>
> http://www.openadk.org/cris/cris1.jpg
> http://www.openadk.org/cris/cris2.jpg
>

No problem as long as it's working and someone keeps it maintained.

Guenter

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