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From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] omap changes for v2.6.39 merge window
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:25:33 +0100
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:41:52PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:06:34AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > Having strong, effective platform abstractions inside the kernel really helps 
> > > even if the hardware space itself is inevitably fragmented: both powerpc and 
> > > x86 has shown that. Until you realize and appreciate that you really have not 
> > > understood the problem i think.
> > 
> > No, I think it is the other way around.  Folk like me and Nicolas over the 
> > last ten years have put considerable amounts of effort into trying to keep 
> > the ARM support code as clean and maintainable as possible.
> 
> Absolutely no argument about that, whenever i have read core ARM code it was 
> always a pleasure. You guys are doing a fine job there.

Thanks for your vote of confidence.  It's really appreciated.