linux-kernel - Re: RISC-V Linux Port v1

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Message-ID: <mhng-78d28b47-2878-4ae1-91b4-d5e66cd007eb@palmer-si-x1c4>
Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 20:36:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     rdunlap@...radead.org
CC:     albert@...ive.com
Subject:     Re: RISC-V Linux Port v1

On Mon, 22 May 2017 18:25:41 PDT (-0700), rdunlap@...radead.org wrote:
> On 05/22/17 18:16, Olof Johansson wrote:
>> Hi Palmer,
>>
>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In addition to the threaded messages, our port can be found on Git Hib
>>>
>>>   https://github.com/riscv/riscv-linux/tree/riscv-for-submission-v1
>>>
>>> [PATCH 1/7] RISC-V: Top-Level Makefile for riscv{32,64}
>>> [PATCH 2/7] RISC-V: arch/riscv Makefile and Kconfigs
>>> [PATCH 3/7] RISC-V: Device Tree Documentation
>>> [PATCH 4/7] RISC-V: arch/riscv/include
>>> [PATCH 5/7] RISC-V: arch/riscv/lib
>>> [PATCH 6/7] RISC-V: arch/riscv/kernel
>>> [PATCH 7/7] RISC-V: arch/riscv/mm
>>
>> So, one overall comment on this patchset is that it's not bisectable
>> (i.e. early patches add Makefile contents that refers to directories
>> not yet introduced).
>>
>> While it's not overly important to really split up a new architecture
>> introduction into small incremental patches, we generally strive to
>> have the tree fully buildable at any given commit. Some minor
>> rearranging would alleviate these problems.
>
> Neither the email patches nor the git tree have any Signed-off-by:
> entries AFAICT.

Makes sense.  I went through and checked everything for copyright, so I'll sign
off on the next patch set.

Thanks!