From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:03:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.ocgnet.org ([64.20.243.3]:64729 "EHLO smtp.ocgnet.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20037582AbXA3BDN (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:03:13 +0000 Received: from smtp.ocgnet.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ocgnet.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15235203F4; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:02:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from master.linux-sh.org (124x34x33x190.ap124.ftth.ucom.ne.jp [124.34.33.190]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ocgnet.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B3225203E0; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:02:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by master.linux-sh.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54DF61029C4; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:00:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at linux-sh.org Received: from master.linux-sh.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (master.linux-sh.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id UGdwcgl1NX24; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:00:55 +0900 (JST) Received: by master.linux-sh.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 74B051029C3; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:00:55 +0900 (JST) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:00:55 +0900 From: Paul Mundt To: Rodolfo Giometti Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Advice on APM-EMU reunion Message-ID: <20070130010055.GA15907@linux-sh.org> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Mundt , Rodolfo Giometti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-mips@linux-mips.org References: <20070129230755.GA8705@enneenne.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070129230755.GA8705@enneenne.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 13855 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: lethal@linux-sh.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:07:56AM +0100, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: > some months ago I sent to the MIPS and ARM mail lists a patch to unify > the several APM emulation codes adding a new dedicated directory so it > can be used to put there the per board specific code avoiding code > duplications (see files ./arch/arm/kernel/apm.c, > ./arch/mips/kernel/apm.c and ./arch/sh/kernel/apm.c that are almost > the same). > > The patch is here > "http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2006-07/msg00144.html" > and it has been lost in the deep space... > Not quite, the rationale for it being dropped was here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485831 However, it has since been reposted: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485833 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485834 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485835 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/485837 and merged back in to -mm. This is all post 2.6.20 stuff, though..