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 ESMTPS id D070FDE0E9 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:04:44 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add Alternative Log Buffer Support for printk Messages From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Grant Erickson In-Reply-To: <1227638045-12862-1-git-send-email-gerickson@nuovations.com> References: <1227638045-12862-1-git-send-email-gerickson@nuovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:04:02 +1100 Message-Id: <1231286642.14860.35.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Stefan Roese , Wolfgang Denx , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 10:34 -0800, Grant Erickson wrote: > This merges support for the previously DENX-only kernel feature of > specifying an alternative, "external" buffer for kernel printk > messages and their associated metadata. In addition, this ports > architecture support for this feature from arch/ppc to arch/powerpc. > > Signed-off-by: Grant Erickson Considering the extensive changes to generic code, this patch will have to be submitted via the linux-kernel mailing list. I suggest you split the generic core change from the powerpc specific implementation. I'm not sure whether I like the idea myself or not there, so you'll have to convince the powers that be to take it. Cheers, Ben.