From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] Core device subsystem implementation
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 22:38:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110709053818.GA14519@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1310115250-3859-3-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com>
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 09:54:08AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> There is a small number of devices that the core kernel needs very
> early in the boot process, namely an interrupt controller and a timer,
> long before the device model is up and running.
>
> The "core device subsystem" offers a class based device/driver
> matching model, doesn't rely on any other subsystem, is very (too?)
> simple, and support getting information both from DT as well as from
> static data provided by the platform. It also gives the opportunity to
> define the probing order by offering a sorting hook at runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
> ---
Any reason why you didn't use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to at least
figure out who to send something like this to for review?
Please do so in the future, otherwise it will get overlooked...
greg k-h
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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] Core device subsystem implementation
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 22:38:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110709053818.GA14519@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1310115250-3859-3-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com>
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 09:54:08AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> There is a small number of devices that the core kernel needs very
> early in the boot process, namely an interrupt controller and a timer,
> long before the device model is up and running.
>
> The "core device subsystem" offers a class based device/driver
> matching model, doesn't rely on any other subsystem, is very (too?)
> simple, and support getting information both from DT as well as from
> static data provided by the platform. It also gives the opportunity to
> define the probing order by offering a sorting hook at runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
> ---
Any reason why you didn't use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to at least
figure out who to send something like this to for review?
Please do so in the future, otherwise it will get overlooked...
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-09 5:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-08 8:54 [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] Core device subsystem Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 8:54 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 8:54 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] dt: expose device resource allocator Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 8:54 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-09 17:13 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-09 17:13 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-08 8:54 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] Core device subsystem implementation Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 8:54 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 10:18 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-08 10:18 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-08 10:33 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 10:33 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-09 5:38 ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-07-09 5:38 ` Greg KH
2011-07-09 18:08 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-09 18:08 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-08 8:54 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] Core devices: add OF interrupt controller sorting method Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 8:54 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-09 21:14 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-09 21:14 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-08 8:54 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] Core devices: documentation Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 8:54 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 18:16 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-07-08 18:16 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-07-09 21:29 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-09 21:29 ` Grant Likely
2011-07-08 11:37 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] Core device subsystem Michał Mirosław
2011-07-08 11:37 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-08 13:08 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 13:08 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 15:13 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 15:13 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-07-08 18:13 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-08 18:13 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-08 18:37 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-08 18:37 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-09 5:43 ` Greg KH
2011-07-09 5:43 ` Greg KH
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