From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/24] C6X: New architecture patch set
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:25:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3154737.lPJJUbNPhg@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1314043785-2880-1-git-send-email-msalter@redhat.com>
On Monday 22 August 2011 16:09:21 Mark Salter wrote:
> Here is v2 of the C6X architecture patch series.
>
> Changes from the previous patchset are:
>
> * Replaced 64-by-64 divides (two places) with do_div
>
> * Parse device tree for base address of some miscellaneous SoC registers.
> The clkdev code still has a hard-coded address but that will go away when
> device tree clock bindings are settled.
>
> * Tweaked the DTS files to more closely match the actual hardware.
>
> * Removed all board-specific files by making better use of device tree.
>
> * Removed CONFIG_NR_IRQS and replaced with hard-coded number which is large
> enough for all supported SoCs with room to spare.
>
> * Removed GENERIC_FIND_* references.
>
> * Cleaned up Makefiles and Kconfig files.
>
> * Removed VMLINUX_SYMBOL usage in linker script (not needed for C6X).
>
> * Cleaned up show_cpuinfo.
>
> * Added __HEAD to head.S
>
> * Use generic asm/dma.h
>
> * Added cpu_relax() to busy wait loops in cache code.
>
> * Dropped unneeded module support routines (handled in generic code)
>
> * Cleaned up DMA support.
>
> * Removed deprecated syscalls.
>
> * Removed PTRACE_PEEKUSR and PTRACE_POKEUSR.
>
> * Cleaned up sparse warnings.
Very nice, good progress!
I've just sent a lenghty reply for the soc abstraction, which is the only
thing that really sticks out to me. I think that as soon as we have a
solution for that, your patches should go into linux-next as prepraration
for inclusion in Linux-3.2.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-22 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-22 20:09 [PATCH v2 00/24] C6X: New architecture patch set Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 01/24] fix default __strnlen_user macro Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 02/24] fixed generic page.h for non-zero PAGE_OFFSET Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 03/24] add ELF machine define for TI C6X DSPs Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 04/24] C6X: build infrastructure Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:55 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-08-23 13:23 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-24 13:47 ` David Woodhouse
2011-08-24 14:10 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 05/24] C6X: early boot code Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 06/24] C6X: devicetree Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 07/24] C6X: memory management and DMA support Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 08/24] C6X: process management Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 09/24] C6X: signal management Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 10/24] C6X: time management Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 11/24] C6X: interrupt handling Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 21:08 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-22 21:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 12/24] C6X: syscalls Mark Salter
2011-08-22 21:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 13/24] C6X: traps Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 14/24] C6X: clocks Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 15/24] C6X: cache control Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 16/24] C6X: loadable module support Mark Salter
2011-08-22 21:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 21:14 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 17/24] C6X: ptrace support Mark Salter
2011-08-22 21:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 18/24] C6X: headers Mark Salter
2011-08-22 21:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-23 13:43 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-24 4:53 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 19/24] C6X: library code Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 20/24] C6X: general SoC support Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 21/24] C6X: specific " Mark Salter
2011-08-22 22:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 22/24] C6X: EMIF - External Memory Interface Mark Salter
2011-08-22 21:17 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 21:34 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 23/24] C6X: Power and Sleep Controller Mark Salter
2011-08-22 21:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-08-22 21:32 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-22 20:09 ` [PATCH 24/24] C6X: MAINTAINERS Mark Salter
2011-08-22 22:25 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-09-26 14:31 ` [PATCH v2 00/24] C6X: New architecture patch set Arnd Bergmann
2011-09-26 14:38 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-25 14:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-08-25 16:00 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-25 17:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-08-25 17:34 ` Mark Salter
2011-08-25 17:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
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