From: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Mark Brown
<broonie-yzvPICuk2AATkU/dhu1WVueM+bqZidxxQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Richard Rojfors
<richard.rojfors-gfIc91nka+FZroRs9YW3xA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
ben-linux-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] misc: Add Tunnel creek In-Vehicle I2C loader driver
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:21:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101015142130.1cf14629@endymion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101015121042.GA27369-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
Hi Mark
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:10:43 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:49:02AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
>
> > As a matter of fact, I have been discussing this with Intel people
> > recently:
> > http://marc.info/?t=128683908500001&r=1&w=2
> > It is pretty clear that Intel have added board config support to x86
> > already, even though that change may not be public yet. So I can only
> > encourage you to discuss this with Jacob Pan, Feng Tang and Alan Cox.
>
> That stuff is very specific to the Moorestown CPUs and a new BIOS type
> they have, the board_info part was posted on lkml about two weeks ago if
> you search through the archives.
My point still holds, regardless of what exactly Intel has in the
works: if board config is now needed on some x86 systems, then support
for it should be added in the same way other architectures did before.
I can't see any reason why x86 would be different.
--
Jean Delvare
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-15 12:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-08 14:41 [PATCH 0/1] misc: Add Tunnel creek In-Vehicle I2C loader driver Richard Röjfors
2010-09-29 8:38 ` Richard Röjfors
[not found] ` <4CA2FB10.2020605-gfIc91nka+FZroRs9YW3xA@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-15 8:49 ` Jean Delvare
[not found] ` <20101015104902.1047c978-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-15 12:10 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20101015121042.GA27369-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-15 12:21 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
[not found] ` <20101015142130.1cf14629-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-15 12:30 ` Mark Brown
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