From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guenter Roeck Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:40:16 -0700 Message-ID: <20110615044016.GC10553@ericsson.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org List-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Ralf Baechle , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Chen Liqin , Chris Metcalf , Chris Zankel , "David S. Miller" , Fenghua Yu , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guan Xuetao , Helge Deller , Ingo Molnar , Ivan Kokshaysky , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Jesper Nilsson , Kyle McMartin , Lennox Wu , Matt Turner , Michal Simek , Mikael On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:18:36AM -0400, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right Guenter From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:44:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from imr4.ericy.com ([198.24.6.8]:53757 "EHLO imr4.ericy.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1490982Ab1FOEoo (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:44:44 +0200 Received: from eusaamw0711.eamcs.ericsson.se ([147.117.20.178]) by imr4.ericy.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id p5F4eMV5017064; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:40:23 -0500 Received: from localhost (147.117.20.214) by eusaamw0711.eamcs.ericsson.se (147.117.20.179) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.3.137.0; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:40:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:40:16 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: "H. Peter Anvin" CC: Ralf Baechle , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Chen Liqin , Chris Metcalf , Chris Zankel , "David S. Miller" , Fenghua Yu , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guan Xuetao , Helge Deller , Ingo Molnar , Ivan Kokshaysky , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Jesper Nilsson , Kyle McMartin , Lennox Wu , Matt Turner , Michal Simek , Mikael Starvik , Paul Mackerras , Paul Mundt , Richard Henderson , Russell King , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" , Thomas Gleixner , Tony Luck , "x86@kernel.org" , Yoshinori Sato , "microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au" , "linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-cris-kernel@axis.com" , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mips@linux-mips.org" , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-sh@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Message-ID: <20110615044016.GC10553@ericsson.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-archive-position: 30394 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: guenter.roeck@ericsson.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Return-Path: X-Keywords: X-UID: 12090 On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:18:36AM -0400, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right Guenter From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guenter Roeck Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:40:16 -0700 Message-ID: <20110615044016.GC10553@ericsson.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Ralf Baechle , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Chen Liqin , Chris Metcalf , Chris Zankel , "David S. Miller" , Fenghua Yu , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guan Xuetao , Helge Deller , Ingo Molnar , Ivan Kokshaysky , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Jesper Nilsson , Kyle McMartin , Lennox Wu , Matt Turner , Michal Simek , Mikael Starvi To: "H. Peter Anvin" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org List-ID: On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:18:36AM -0400, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right Guenter From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from imr4.ericy.com (imr4.ericy.com [198.24.6.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 584D8B6F7D for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:53:06 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:40:16 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Message-ID: <20110615044016.GC10553@ericsson.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> Cc: "linux-mips@linux-mips.org" , "linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-sh@vger.kernel.org" , Chen Liqin , Paul Mackerras , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" , Guan Xuetao , Lennox Wu , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Jesper Nilsson , Russell King , Yoshinori Sato , Helge Deller , "x86@kernel.org" , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Ingo Molnar , Geert Uytterhoeven , Matt Turner , Fenghua Yu , "microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au" , Chris Metcalf , Mikael Starvik , Ivan Kokshaysky , Thomas Gleixner , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , Richard Henderson , Chris Zankel , Michal Simek , Tony Luck , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-cris-kernel@axis.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Ralf Baechle , Kyle McMartin , Paul Mundt , "linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "David S. Miller" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:18:36AM -0400, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right Guenter From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: guenter.roeck@ericsson.com (Guenter Roeck) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:40:16 -0700 Subject: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig In-Reply-To: <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> Message-ID: <20110615044016.GC10553@ericsson.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:18:36AM -0400, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right Guenter