From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:37 +0100 Message-ID: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 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-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: 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 , Pa On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, 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? Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those have been fixed. Ralf From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:37 +0100 Message-ID: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> 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 To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: 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 Pa List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, 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? Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those have been fixed. Ralf From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:35:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from h5.dl5rb.org.uk ([81.2.74.5]:47757 "EHLO duck.linux-mips.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1490982Ab1FOIf1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:35:27 +0200 Received: from duck.linux-mips.net (duck.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by duck.linux-mips.net (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p5F8Yl3a006605; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:47 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by duck.linux-mips.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p5F8YbQ1006594; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:37 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:37 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: 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: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> 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/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-archive-position: 30402 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 Return-Path: X-Keywords: X-UID: 12188 On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, 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? Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those have been fixed. Ralf From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from duck.linux-mips.net (1.7.f.1.4.3.b.f.f.7.8.8.9.1.0.7.0.0.0.0.a.e.3.0.0.b.8.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa [IPv6:2001:8b0:3ea:0:7019:887f:fb34:1f71]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 292CDB6FA3 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:23:06 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:37 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Message-ID: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> 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, 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 Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, 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? Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those have been fixed. Ralf From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ralf@linux-mips.org (Ralf Baechle) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:37 +0100 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: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, 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? Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those have been fixed. Ralf