From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 05:19:43 +0000 Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: driver location for platform-specific drivers Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, John Hesterberg wrote: > > For SGI's upcoming Linux platform (nicknamed Scalable Node, or SN), > we have some platform specific device drivers. Where should these go? > I see several precedents in the current kernels. If they are equivalent to a new bus, make a new platform directory under drivers, is my vote. However, if they are likely to eventually spread out (ie they are really PCI-based, and just your own private chips, and they might end up as part of some other sgi platform), spread them out as normal drivers. Linus