From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from boispop1.bois.uswest.net (boispop1.bois.uswest.net [207.108.224.1]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA16461 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:58:34 -0700 Sender: rbrad@puffin.external.hp.com Message-ID: <3A1B6D93.3B7D2474@uswest.net> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:54:11 -0800 From: Ryan Bradetich MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Grundler CC: Matthew Wilcox , parisc-linux@puffin.external.hp.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] CVS linux Vs. -test10 References: <200011212124.NAA20426@milano.cup.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Grant Grundler wrote: > Matthew Wilcox wrote: > ... > > Someone (probably me) sends him a patch. He told me at the Toronto > > show that he was quite happy to apply anything that only touched those > > two directories. (oh, and drivers/gsc wouldn't be a problem either). > > Can I just check that no-one wants to rename drivers/gsc again? :-) > > Hi Mathew, > I don't and it's a good question. > I would like a few files moved: > > arch/parisc/kernel/ccio-dma.c -> drivers/gsc/ccio-dma.c > arch/parisc/kernel/ccio-rm-dma.c -> drivers/gsc/ccio-rm-dma.c Grant, Do you really want to merget the ccio-rm-dma.c file into Linus's tree? It is just a reference file used to construct the real ccio-dma.c file ... I don't believe it is referenced anywhere. I'll double check this in the morning. - Ryan > ccio will *always* be associated with a GSC bus since that's > the secondary bus. And ccio supports devices below dino.c which > already lives in drivers/gsc. > > arch/parisc/kernel/lba_pci.c -> drivers/ropes/lba_pci.c > arch/parisc/kernel/sba_iommu.c -> drivers/ropes/sba_iommu.c > arch/parisc/kernel/iosapic.c -> drivers/ropes/iosapic.c > > lba/sba code is equivalent to dino/ccio code for another set > of platforms. And long term, I'm certain iosapic.c does not > belong under arch/parisc. I can do this move if there are no > major objections. > > Any reason why we couldn't do these moves *after* you submit a patch? > > FWIW, here are issues I see with merging IA64 iosapic code with mine: > o iosapic "discovery" (I invented register_iosapic() interface for parisc) > o parisc PDC calls (initialization) > o interrupt policy decisions (eg EOI generation and picking a CPU) > o I don't have time to do it in the near future. > > Folks working on IA64 stuff inside HP need to think about: > (a) if they want to do the merge any time soon > (b) which iosapic.c they want to start with > (c) where the final version should live > > thanks, > grant > > Grant Grundler > Unix Systems Enablement Lab > +1.408.447.7253 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe: send e-mail to parisc-linux-request@thepuffingroup.com with > `unsubscribe' as the subject.