From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D656DDDEB for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:35:53 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: References: <20070806225642.7D72A7B005B@mail34-fra.bigfish.com> <200708070124.04748.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <004650C7-11FB-4A77-A797-148A7FDBD29D@kernel.crashing.org> From: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [PATCH] Consolidate XILINX_VIRTEX board support Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:37:09 -0500 To: Grant Likely Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Aug 9, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Grant Likely wrote: > On 8/6/07, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Wolfgang Reissnegger wrote: >>> >>> Make support for Xilinx boards more generic, making it easier >>> to add new boards. Add initial support for xupv2p and ml410 boards. >> >> I really think we shouldn't add stuff to arch/ppc at this point, >> it has been deprecated for over two years now. > > Naahh, this is pretty benign stuff. I say let it go in. :-) > > These changes are low risk and they don't hurt anything. If Virtex > support worked in arch/powerpc then I'd agree, but for now it allows > us to keep the virtex device driver support somewhat current. We've clearly stated for a while that only bug fixes should be going into arch/ppc. This looks like new board support. Also, be aware that arch/ppc is going away in Jun 2008. :) - k