From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nishanth Menon Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] omap: add bits for future 3430/3630 ES revisions Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:49:10 -0600 Message-ID: <4AEF1B96.6070406@ti.com> References: <1256077586-11636-1-git-send-email-vikram.pandita@ti.com> <4ADE5EE4.2030901@ti.com> <71a0d6ff0911020512k478a3f1du929f2abed42be07a@mail.gmail.com> <4AEEE901.6010000@ti.com> <20091102170123.GC15200@shisha.kicks-ass.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from devils.ext.ti.com ([198.47.26.153]:57032 "EHLO devils.ext.ti.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756544AbZKBRtH (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:49:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20091102170123.GC15200@shisha.kicks-ass.net> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Nishanth Menon , Paul Walmsley , "Pandita, Vikram" , "Woodruff, Richard" , "linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" Alexander Shishkin had written, on 11/02/2009 11:01 AM, the following: [..] >>>> Issues with the strategy of restricting to the current 8 bits: >>>> a) Why extrabits now: >>>> we have 8 bits now and we would have used all 8 bits with 3630 with the >>>> mentioned patch. What do we do with the next revision of 3430? Do we want to >>>> increase the size once it comes along? OR Do we want to do it right now? Why >>>> wait till we get additional silicons to go figure how to add those bits as >>>> Richard pointed out, when there could be one more in the pipeline? >>> But this code will have to be revisited for each additional silicon >>> revision anyway, right? Why reserve now? >>> >> Agreed, that is one of the possible approaches we could take (and >> seems to be the common consensus), we can review the structure at a >> later point of time. >> >> http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/54847/ seems to be the right >> direction for now at least. > > Ok, so let's have it in, perhaps. Tony, Kevin, upto you guys now.. -- Regards, Nishanth Menon