From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Cc: Rune Torgersen <runet@innovsys.com>,
linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: 8260 CPM DP ram free function
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 08:24:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040524152454.GO6763@smtp.west.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040524135041.AB280C109F@atlas.denx.de>
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 03:50:36PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <20040521192333.GI6763@smtp.west.cox.net> you wrote:
> >
> > First, when this has come up in the past, the first question is why is
> > this useful, given that with the hardware and peripherals in question,
> > loadable drivers aren't really useful (and don't shoot the messenger
> > please).
>
> As has been discussed before, too, loadable drivers are very useful
> during development; they can even be useful in production systems
> when you need and easy way to update software updates in a running
> system.
I suppose once Dan's comments are addressed, since I thought he's been
the biggest objector to all of the previous implementations (or, my
memory is faulty, and every one of them just fell on the ground), we can
push this out, at least for cpm2 stuff.
--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-24 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-21 17:35 8260 CPM DP ram free function Rune Torgersen
2004-05-21 19:23 ` Tom Rini
2004-05-24 13:50 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-05-24 14:06 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2004-05-24 14:28 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-05-24 15:24 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2004-05-21 21:44 ` Dan Malek
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2004-05-21 19:34 Rune Torgersen
2004-05-21 19:50 ` Tom Rini
2004-05-21 20:16 Rune Torgersen
2004-05-21 20:26 ` Tom Rini
2004-05-21 21:41 Rune Torgersen
2004-05-21 21:52 Rune Torgersen
2004-05-24 16:03 Rune Torgersen
[not found] ` <20040524161520.GQ6763@smtp.west.cox.net>
2004-05-25 11:00 ` Dan Malek
2004-05-25 16:04 Rune Torgersen
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