From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:54771 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933398Ab3HGWNQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Aug 2013 18:13:16 -0400 Message-ID: <5202C655.6050609@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:12:37 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/26] STA2X11 devicetree support for amba/pci References: <52026AB5.80009@zytor.com> <20130807211235.GA17863@mail.gnudd.com> In-Reply-To: <20130807211235.GA17863@mail.gnudd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: devicetree-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Alessandro Rubini Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ciminaghi@gnudd.com, giancarlo.asnaghi@st.com, x86@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, tglx@linutronix.de, devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/07/2013 02:12 PM, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > > Thank you for your feedback. May I ask three more questions (this is > the 1st)? > > Is the patch-set a viable approach for mainline, modulo serious evaluation > of the hairy IRQ details and the other bits? > Serious evaluation is definitely called for. I think that is all I can say at this point. When you say that on Northville this acts as "the main chipset". The typical definition of that is the firmware resides there. Is that the case in this platform as well (I am guessing no)? It may sound like splitting hairs but I'm trying to wrap my brain around this platform; it sounds like I might have received a very wrong understanding. -hpa