From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:46:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from imr3.ericy.com ([198.24.6.13]:40961 "EHLO imr3.ericy.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1491098Ab1FOOqS (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:46:18 +0200 Received: from eusaamw0712.eamcs.ericsson.se ([147.117.20.181]) by imr3.ericy.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p5FEaWC5017071 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:36:35 -0500 Received: from localhost (147.117.20.214) by eusaamw0712.eamcs.ericsson.se (147.117.20.182) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.3.137.0; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:36:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:36:34 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: Ralf Baechle CC: "H. Peter Anvin" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Chen Liqin , Chris Metcalf , Chris Zankel , "David S. Miller" , Fenghua Yu , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guan Xuetao , Helge Deller , Ingo Molnar , Ivan Kokshaysky , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Jesper Nilsson , Kyle McMartin , Lennox Wu , Matt Turner , Michal Simek , Mikael Starvik , Paul Mackerras , Paul Mundt , Richard Henderson , Russell King , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" , Thomas Gleixner , Tony Luck , "x86@kernel.org" , Yoshinori Sato , "microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au" , "linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-cris-kernel@axis.com" , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mips@linux-mips.org" , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-sh@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Message-ID: <20110615143634.GA12757@ericsson.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-archive-position: 30411 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: guenter.roeck@ericsson.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Return-Path: X-Keywords: X-UID: 12402 On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 04:34:37AM -0400, Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > > Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those > have been fixed. > I think he was being sarcastic, and wanted to say that it should be that way. Guenter From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from imr3.ericy.com ([198.24.6.13]:40961 "EHLO imr3.ericy.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S1491098Ab1FOOqS (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:46:18 +0200 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:36:34 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig Message-ID: <20110615143634.GA12757@ericsson.com> References: <20110614190850.GA13526@linux-mips.org> <4DF7C3CA.9050902@zytor.com> <20110614223404.GA30057@linux-mips.org> <4DF8329C.7000904@zytor.com> <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110615083437.GA32624@linux-mips.org> Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Return-Path: To: Ralf Baechle Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Chen Liqin , Chris Metcalf , Chris Zankel , "David S. Miller" , Fenghua Yu , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guan Xuetao , Helge Deller , Ingo Molnar , Ivan Kokshaysky , "James E.J. Bottomley" , Jesper Nilsson , Kyle McMartin , Lennox Wu , Matt Turner , Michal Simek , Mikael Starvik , Paul Mackerras , Paul Mundt , Richard Henderson , Russell King , "sparclinux@vger.kernel.org" , Thomas Gleixner , Tony Luck , "x86@kernel.org" , Yoshinori Sato , "microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au" , "linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-cris-kernel@axis.com" , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mips@linux-mips.org" , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-sh@vger.kernel.org" Message-ID: <20110615143634.dJk-XOSHVlZFiYrZlDHXvDUxWsrbFeWJrSPhqyhcp38@z> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 04:34:37AM -0400, Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 09:18:36PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > On 06/14/2011 03:34 PM, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > > > There is no point in offering to build something that couldn't possibly be > > > used. It just makes the kernel harder to configure and inflates the test > > > matrix for no good reason. > > > > > > > I see... that's why a bunch of devices that only exist on ARM and MIPS > > SoCs are offered on x86 platforms? > > Well, if you notice one of those, yell. Or send patches. Most of those > have been fixed. > I think he was being sarcastic, and wanted to say that it should be that way. Guenter