linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] macintosh/via-pmu68k: Don't load driver on unsupported hardware

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Message-ID: <87a7s4854x.fsf@igel.home>
Date:   Sat, 09 Jun 2018 15:24:14 +0200
From:   Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
Cc:     Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] macintosh/via-pmu68k: Don't load driver on unsupported hardware

On Jun 09 2018, Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> wrote:

> There is no ABI issue AFAIK. The value of pmu_kind is visible to userland 
> only on powerpc. /dev/pmu and /proc/pmu/* do not exist on m68k.

Then why are PMU_68K_V1 and PMU_68K_V2 defined in the first place?

Andreas.

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