From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:47:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.152]:23864 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20031567AbYANRrX (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:47:23 +0000 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so2207898fga.32 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:47:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1OgS/vuSY8NpjXgAlXy5ptWekgKb96xHSgtPUXyGvlg=; b=qJd3W/DX4NudroHoo6nezKB2SMmcxV9ARWq4/uLxtcobUxjbesDIT5FLVQTUky8/16B29Usw8A0a+Kyp8XCR3RrdRh64Aey/hBrvwwXcUXVKtWCLyZ1r+GGN408aegEtuMiJapUFUppBUmTC+qDSmXB4jvdaBCCRrB22V0P943I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ISEEcSHgryd28UYD760e2IgWK12NnTph3BA0PDPESkFz8uZVxCkOfOwqL1slHPNEDi4SCKRDE/CwrslWo0nk3ZHJvn9xUvGEdx0OYms+NK8GS5bPgqzv8K02E5mByT7lnbSsfmKzaL1cMKHRenXFOPQeKI5seZ2IiZzEkl9qrQs= Received: by 10.86.95.20 with SMTP id s20mr5361375fgb.67.1200332842803; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:47:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.3? ( [91.76.31.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l19sm6719775fgb.3.2008.01.14.09.47.21 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:47:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <478BA01E.7050701@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:47:10 +0300 From: Dmitri Vorobiev Organization: DmVo Home User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14pre (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ralf Baechle CC: Atsushi Nemoto , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] prom_free_prom_memory for QEMU References: <20080114.212253.126142719.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> <20080114133701.GA16555@linux-mips.org> <478B6AA3.2070402@gmail.com> <20080114141424.GB22344@linux-mips.org> <478B9120.1020500@gmail.com> <20080114165759.GA2894@linux-mips.org> In-Reply-To: <20080114165759.GA2894@linux-mips.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 18035 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: dmitri.vorobiev@gmail.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 07:43:12PM +0300, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote: > >>>>> I was actually planning to remove the Qemu platform for 2.6.25. The >>>>> Malta emulation has become so good that there is no more point in having >>>>> the underfeatured synthetic platform that CONFIG_QEMU is. >>>> I wholeheartedly agree with that. It is a godsend to me that I can use >>>> identical configs to build the kernels for QEMU and for a physical Malta. >>>> Emulation is more convenient to me because QEMU boots and runs faster >>>> than the board I'm working with. Many thanks for that to QEMU developers. >>>> >>>> Off the topic, how about the plans to remove Atlas support? >>> Maciej is promising to fix it up since a few years ;-) Aside of that it's >>> safe to say the Atlas is dead like a coffin nail. >> Well, I could do the proper cleanup, if you give your sayso. As I wrote here >> yesterday, I noticed that Malta code was screaming for being put into proper >> shape. If MIPS maintainers are interested in applying such janitorial patches, >> I could simultaneously wipe the Atlas support off. >> >> So? > > Of course janitorial patches will be considered. I'm rolling up the sleeves. > > The Malta code used to scream even way louder. I made an opportunistic > attempt at fixing the one or other corner over time, whenever something > was getting in my way for some reason. I see. Actually, I am teaching system programming at the premises of the Moscow State University and I am now working on a lab assignment where a Malta board will be involved. In the classes, I insist that my students follow the coding style rules to the letter, that's why I really want the Malta code to be worthy of imitation. :) > > Ralf >