Re: Altix I/O code reorganization

Christoph Hellwig
2004-08-07T10:58:54Z

On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:19:20AM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Friday, August 6, 2004 6:18 am, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Yikes, this is truely horrible. First your patch ordering doesn't make
> > any sense, with just the first patch applied the system won't work at all.
> > Please submit a series of _small_ patches going from A to B keeping the
> > code working everywhere inbetween.
>
> Much of this stuff is clearly interdependent (and dependent on PROM changes),
> so I don't think that would make sense.

It's not. E.g. hwgraph removal and dma code rework aren't related to hiding
of lots of interfaces in the firmware at all.