From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: nvidia on sparc32 Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 01:39:17 -0700 Message-ID: <20060408013917.00bd96ee.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20060408012107.2dc6f594.akpm@osdl.org> <20060408.012707.80122971.davem@davemloft.net> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FS8zm-0004mq-U6 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:40:38 -0700 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.44) id 1FS8zl-0000Mx-OR for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:40:39 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20060408.012707.80122971.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "David S. Miller" Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net "David S. Miller" wrote: > > From: Andrew Morton > Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 01:21:07 -0700 > > > In file included from drivers/video/nvidia/nv_setup.c:50: include/video/vga.h:24:21: asm/vga.h: No such file or directory > > > > Dave, do you think a copy of the sparc64 vga.h will suffice? > > Sure, but none of this is ever likely to work. > > FWIW, all sparc32 systems with PCI have internal devices only and no > PCI add-in cards, and they'll never see an NVIDIA device. > > So it's a different situation than sparc64 where someone could put an > NVIDIA card into a PCI slot and we'd like that to work. > > I wish there were an easy way to eliminate nonsense configuration > combinations for a given platform. hm, OK, thanks. Given that it all compiles with the borrowed vga.h, I guess the simplest thing to do is to run with that - it fixes allmodconfig, avoids mucking up the Kconfig files and gives us wide compile coverage. What thinkest thou? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642