From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:31:59 +0100 Subject: READ THIS: the next mach-types update In-Reply-To: <20110915145022.GM28104@game.jcrosoft.org> References: <20110915102528.GI6267@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20110915145022.GM28104@game.jcrosoft.org> Message-ID: <20110916073159.GC22533@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 04:50:22PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 11:25 Thu 15 Sep , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > I'm going to be merging a mach-types update (the cut-down and the > > policy-conforming version) for the next merge window. This will mean > > that things WILL BREAK, and I will not notice that things have broken. > > > > In order to fix this, entries need to be fixed to conform to the > > requirements - where the machine_is_xxx() name is the same as the > > MACH_TYPE_xxx name and the CONFIG_MACH_xxx name too. > > > > Moreover, entries older than 12 months which have not been merged will > > be removed. It is not possible to automatically check for machine_is_xxx() > > usages as these could conflict with other architectures, and I'm > > certainly NOT checking for them by hand (I estimate that'd take a > > significant amount of manual effort to do.) What that means is that it > > is _important_ to get the core platform support in _first_ before any > > drivers which may make use of this. > > > > The following will be deleted from the file this time around are: > > -ts_x09 MACH_TS209 TS209 1565 > > -at572d940hfek MACH_AT572D940HFEB AT572D940HFEB 1783 > can be dropped the at572d940hfek as the at572d940hf is drop from mainline > > Russell an you confirm you will re-add the usb-a9g20 and the folowing one > > usb_a9g20 MACH_USB_A9G20 USB_A9G20 1841 > qil_a9g20 MACH_QIL_A9G20 QIL_A9G20 1844 > tny_a9260 MACH_TNY_A9260 TNY_A9260 2058 > tny_a9g20 MACH_TNY_A9G20 TNY_A9G20 2059 > tny_a9263 MACH_TNY_A9263 TNY_A9263 2140 Here's the two relevent question: 1. have they been submitted or edited within the last 12 months? No. 2. are they merged into mainline? No. So will they be in the update? No.