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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>,
	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Adam Belay <abelay@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: remove PReP
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:27:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1364398023.11644.42.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVs-Xxu9e=8WZbTBXE1_+iYOBKODgj9_EKmVbZA3z=8JA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 13:05 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> > 3) I removed two files in documentation that are almost entirely PReP
> > specific. The remaining lines looked uninteresting.
> 
> > --- a/Documentation/powerpc/sound.txt
> > +++ /dev/null
> 
> > -2. IBM CHRP
> > -
> > -  I have only tested this on the 43P-150.  Build the kernel with the cs4232
> > -  set as a module and load the module with irq=9 dma=1 dma2=2 io=0x550
> 
> This section is CHRP-specific. The cs4232 driver also worked on the
> CHRP LongTrail.
> But I don't remember if the parameter values above also applied to LongTrail.
> I do remember it didn't work without specifing the right parameters, so you
> probably want to keep this section.

Isn't LongTrail support LongDead ? Can we still boot these things at
all ? Anybody still has a functional one ?

Cheers,
Ben.

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds



WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>,
	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Adam Belay <abelay@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: remove PReP
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:27:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1364398023.11644.42.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVs-Xxu9e=8WZbTBXE1_+iYOBKODgj9_EKmVbZA3z=8JA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 13:05 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> > 3) I removed two files in documentation that are almost entirely PReP
> > specific. The remaining lines looked uninteresting.
> 
> > --- a/Documentation/powerpc/sound.txt
> > +++ /dev/null
> 
> > -2. IBM CHRP
> > -
> > -  I have only tested this on the 43P-150.  Build the kernel with the cs4232
> > -  set as a module and load the module with irq=9 dma=1 dma2=2 io=0x550
> 
> This section is CHRP-specific. The cs4232 driver also worked on the
> CHRP LongTrail.
> But I don't remember if the parameter values above also applied to LongTrail.
> I do remember it didn't work without specifing the right parameters, so you
> probably want to keep this section.

Isn't LongTrail support LongDead ? Can we still boot these things at
all ? Anybody still has a functional one ?

Cheers,
Ben.

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	Adam Belay <abelay@mit.edu>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
	Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>,
	Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: remove PReP
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:27:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1364398023.11644.42.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVs-Xxu9e=8WZbTBXE1_+iYOBKODgj9_EKmVbZA3z=8JA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 13:05 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> > 3) I removed two files in documentation that are almost entirely PReP
> > specific. The remaining lines looked uninteresting.
> 
> > --- a/Documentation/powerpc/sound.txt
> > +++ /dev/null
> 
> > -2. IBM CHRP
> > -
> > -  I have only tested this on the 43P-150.  Build the kernel with the cs4232
> > -  set as a module and load the module with irq=9 dma=1 dma2=2 io=0x550
> 
> This section is CHRP-specific. The cs4232 driver also worked on the
> CHRP LongTrail.
> But I don't remember if the parameter values above also applied to LongTrail.
> I do remember it didn't work without specifing the right parameters, so you
> probably want to keep this section.

Isn't LongTrail support LongDead ? Can we still boot these things at
all ? Anybody still has a functional one ?

Cheers,
Ben.

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-03-27 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-21 11:10 [PATCH] powerpc: drop even more unused Kconfig symbols Paul Bolle
2013-03-22  4:21 ` Michael Ellerman
2013-03-22  4:21   ` Michael Ellerman
2013-03-27 10:47   ` [PATCH] powerpc: remove PReP Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 10:47     ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 10:47     ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 12:05     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-03-27 12:05       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-03-27 12:05       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-03-27 12:42       ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 12:42         ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 12:42         ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 12:55         ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 12:55           ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 12:55           ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 15:24         ` Gary Thomas
2013-03-27 15:27       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2013-03-27 15:27         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-27 15:27         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-03-27 10:51 ` [PATCH] powerpc: drop even more unused Kconfig symbols Paul Bolle
2013-03-27 10:51   ` Paul Bolle
2013-03-28  0:31   ` Michael Ellerman
2013-03-28  0:31     ` Michael Ellerman

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