From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:13:02 +0100 (BST) Received: from ditditdahdahdah-dahditditditdit.dl5rb.org.uk ([217.169.26.26]:57751 "EHLO ditditdahdahdah-dahdahdahditdit.dl5rb.org.uk") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20027600AbYHSJMy (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12:54 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by ditditdahdahdah-dahdahdahditdit.dl5rb.org.uk (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7J9CmgD027289; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12:50 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7J9Cl3L027286; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12:47 +0100 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12:47 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Tomaso Paoletti Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Initial support for OCTEON Message-ID: <20080819091247.GB28692@linux-mips.org> References: <48A9E6DA.8030208@caviumnetworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48A9E6DA.8030208@caviumnetworks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 20252 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:17:14PM -0700, Tomaso Paoletti wrote: > This is a first (trivial) set of patches to pave the way for support of > OCTEON processors in the kernel. > > The set adds: > - Detection of OCTEON CPU variants in cpu_probe_cavium() > - Processor ID (PrID) constants > - Workaround (WAR) include file > > Please consider for inclusion. So with the evil email monster having kept these mails without sharing them with us... I normally insist that there are users for new header files or functions since otherwise the kernel janitors will remove them shortly ... Ralf