From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:57:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:54751 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20022676AbXC0R5j (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:57:39 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2RHvYoH026539; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:57:34 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l2RHvXTa026538; Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:57:33 +0100 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:57:33 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Franck Bui-Huu Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Linux MIPS List Subject: Re: Early printk recent changes. Message-ID: <20070327175733.GA26496@linux-mips.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i 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: 14737 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: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 06:06:10PM +0200, Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > > In this case I gather this was a bulk change and some platforms have > >benefited and the DECstation has lost. You seem to have problems as well. > >These issues can be dealt with somehow and they do not mean the change was > >bad as a whole. > > I think that's the reason why I started this thread: To see if this > change is good and really woth... > > Making a new file 'early_printk' to gather 3 tiny functions. In the > other way we lose the possibilty to register the console earlier, and > we need to make some hacks to configure the console if it needs to be. > > I understand that such change is needed by x86 arch but for mips I'm > skeptical. I decieded to rush the whole early printk thing since we had several copies of early printk in the MIPS code already. Add plenty of variations of prom_putchar / prom_printf. We certainly now have less loose ends in the code than before. And since we're always in the trade of better mouse trap I certainly won't object if submits has one :-) Ralf