From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <456EF3E5.7070307@domain.hid> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:08:21 +0100 From: Jan Kiszka MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] [PATCH] Adeos support for 2.6.18 merged PowerPC architecture. References: <20061124105346.e442448d.benjamin.zores@domain.hid> <4566C5AF.7030107@domain.hid> <20061124113009.08c0a490.benjamin.zores@domain.hid> <4569E699.6050003@domain.hid> <20061127092143.e633cd91.benjamin.zores@domain.hid> <456ACA35.8030206@domain.hid> <20061127125419.3852edd9.benjamin.zores@domain.hid> <456AD5EB.5040901@domain.hid> <20061130133745.272ab4b1.benjamin.zores@domain.hid> <456EDA4B.3060809@domain.hid> <456EF1DA.1050102@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: <456EF1DA.1050102@domain.hid> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigC41FD4D71C4DEEE425E936F0" Sender: jan.kiszka@domain.hid List-Id: "Xenomai life and development \(bug reports, patches, discussions\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Wolfgang Grandegger Cc: xenomai-core This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC41FD4D71C4DEEE425E936F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wolfgang Grandegger wrote: > Jan Kiszka wrote: >> Benjamin Zores wrote: >>> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:11:23 +0100 >>> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote: >>> >>>> Benjamin Zores wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:21:25 +0100 >>>>> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> Well, I hack a bit my patch to make it compile and the kernel >>>>>>> already booted. >>>>>>> Though it hangs when loading the SATA driver. >>>>>>> I have no idea why atm. >>>>>> Problems with IRQs? >>>>> Probably, as when unplugging the SATA drive, the boot goes further >>>>> but then hang at USB detection (both are handlign IRQs a lot i gues= s). >>>>> Would be interesting if someone could test on other board than just= >>>>> mine. >>>> As I pointed out in my previous mail, the IRQ handling is not yet >>>> correct for powerpc. Try to correct his first. >>> The 2.6.19 having been released out, and working much better on my ca= rd >>> than the vanilla 2.6.18 used to be, I'm now more kind to adapt my >>> patch to >>> this latest kernel. >>> >>> However the IRQ handling API seem to have changed a lot >>> and i was wondering if some work on porting Adeos >>> (x86/ppc, not yet powerpc of course) patches already have been starte= d >>> by someone here ? >> >> I don't see that PPC is converted to genirq, that new API. And I'm not= >> sure (while not being a PPC expert) if it ever will be, specifically a= s >> PowerPC is already on genirq and should obsolete PPC one day, right? >=20 > No, or at least partially wrong. I have to check what the new, fully > implemented genirq does. But I realized, that the common IRQ structure > is used now (resulting in some name changes, w.g. ->handler ->chip). > Likely, PPC and PowerPC already use the new genirq. It is likely used under PPC as far it has to be: renamed structures, moved information. But the core issue is if the flow handling (edge, level, simple etc.) also moved to kernel/irq/chip.c, and that looks to me like only being the case for PowerPC. Jan --------------enigC41FD4D71C4DEEE425E936F0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFbvPlniDOoMHTA+kRAsSjAJwP7phnFTmGuFKrYcXZWyLZBNi0TwCePEMq e+kbjdvfEqRahVbexXZmt/s= =svS+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigC41FD4D71C4DEEE425E936F0--