From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
Cc: Meador Inge <meador_inge@mentor.com>,
openmcapi-dev@googlegroups.com,
devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
Hollis Blanchard <hollis_blanchard@mentor.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] powerpc: add support for MPIC message register API
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:47:52 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1308642472.32158.157.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110620105946.23708a43@schlenkerla.am.freescale.net>
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 10:59 -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:58:53 +1000
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 11:58 -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> > > When did this change from "considered an internal implementation
> > > issue, and not really an interface" to "all new interfaces"?
> >
> > Interesting blurb... that's not everybody's opinion and I would argue
> > that supporting AMP kernels isn't something we want to do with closed
> > source crap.
>
> I'm not advocating "closed source crap", just that if something is
> "policy" (as opposed to opinion), it'd be nice if the documentation
> actually matched.
Well, in Linux, the line between opinion and policy is quite blurred.
I don't know for sure what Linus himself thinks here and various other
maintainers have expressed various opinions as well. As far as I'm
concerned, I don't see the point in encouraging binary junk, especially
for low level interfaces like this one.
Cheers,
Ben.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Scott Wood <scottwood-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Meador Inge <meador_inge-nmGgyN9QBj3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
openmcapi-dev-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org,
devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
Hollis Blanchard
<hollis_blanchard-nmGgyN9QBj3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
linuxppc-dev-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] powerpc: add support for MPIC message register API
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:47:52 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1308642472.32158.157.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110620105946.23708a43-1MYqz8GpK7RekFaExTCHk1jVikpgYyvb5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 10:59 -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:58:53 +1000
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 11:58 -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> > > When did this change from "considered an internal implementation
> > > issue, and not really an interface" to "all new interfaces"?
> >
> > Interesting blurb... that's not everybody's opinion and I would argue
> > that supporting AMP kernels isn't something we want to do with closed
> > source crap.
>
> I'm not advocating "closed source crap", just that if something is
> "policy" (as opposed to opinion), it'd be nice if the documentation
> actually matched.
Well, in Linux, the line between opinion and policy is quite blurred.
I don't know for sure what Linus himself thinks here and various other
maintainers have expressed various opinions as well. As far as I'm
concerned, I don't see the point in encouraging binary junk, especially
for low level interfaces like this one.
Cheers,
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-21 7:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-31 19:19 [PATCH v3 0/2] powerpc: define and implement MPIC message register support Meador Inge
2011-05-31 19:19 ` Meador Inge
2011-05-31 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc: document the FSL MPIC message register binding Meador Inge
2011-05-31 19:23 ` Scott Wood
2011-06-02 14:33 ` Meador Inge
2011-05-31 19:19 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] powerpc: add support for MPIC message register API Meador Inge
2011-05-31 19:19 ` Meador Inge
2011-06-17 5:33 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-17 5:33 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-17 13:49 ` [openmcapi-dev] " Meador Inge
2011-06-17 16:58 ` Scott Wood
2011-06-17 16:58 ` Scott Wood
2011-06-17 22:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-20 15:59 ` Scott Wood
2011-06-20 15:59 ` Scott Wood
2011-06-21 7:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2011-06-21 7:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-30 3:04 ` [openmcapi-dev] " Meador Inge
2011-06-30 4:19 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-30 4:19 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-09 14:44 ` [openmcapi-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] powerpc: define and implement MPIC message register support Meador Inge
2011-06-09 14:44 ` Meador Inge
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