Re: [PATCH] x86/platform: sta2x11: add platform code

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 05/27/2012 01:50 PM, Alessandro Rubini wrote:
> This adds platform code for the STA2X11 (aka ConneXt) I/O Hub,
> including support for the Intel NorthVille evaluation board and the
> ST-Eval PCIe carrier.
> 
> The boards differ for the amount of peripherals actually wired out,
> GPIO configuration and some accessory pins. At this point, platform
> data for peripherals other tha GPIO is not instantiated because the
> drivers are not yet upstream.
> 
> The array of supported boards is built using a local ELF section to
> avoid ifdef; the section is folded in the .data section by a local
> linker script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@gnudd.com>
> Acked-by: Giancarlo Asnaghi <giancarlo.asnaghi@st.com>
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>

Nacked-in-the-extreme-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

There is absolutely NO WAY this kind of ARM-like sh*t is going into the
x86 kernel.

	-hpa


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