From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Boyer Subject: Re: m68k-queue Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:11 -0700 Message-ID: <20130518070910.GA26647@cynthia.pants.nu> References: <5191FC4C.8010707@biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de> <20130515054540.GA8137@cynthia.pants.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cynthia.allandria.com ([76.245.85.235]:40955 "EHLO cynthia.pants.nu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753559Ab3ERHJT (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 May 2013 03:09:19 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-m68k-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: schmitz , Linux/m68k On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 08:53:15AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Brad Boyer wrote: > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 08:56:44PM +1200, schmitz wrote: > >> > - mac: ADB raw packets > >> > I guess this can be dropped? > >> I'd guess so - I struggle to recall what this was for. Perhaps to > >> talk to the clock chip on some Macs. Anyone? > > > > If you can give instructions on how to look at this one patch (or > > just send it in email), I'll take a look and hopefully I remember > > enough of the history to give some kind of explanation. > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geert/linux-m68k.git/log/?h=m68k-queue > and click on the commit you're interested in. Thank you. I took a look, and I agree with everyone else that this was a legacy patch that isn't required. The original idea was to use the same API for both real ADB requests and everything else that goes through the PMU, Egret, or CUDA chips. This includes not only RTC/PRAM management, but power control and several other things as well. It wasn't such a great idea, honestly. Brad Boyer flar@allandria.com