Re: [PATCH 0/3 v2] Remove need for include/asm-ppc

[Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:32:43 -0500
Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 20, 2007, at 1:00 AM, David Gibson wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 12:05:36PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> >> This patch series removes the need for include/asm-ppc in the  
> >> ARCH=powerpc
> >> build for ppc32.  They exist in the following git tree:
> >>
> >>   master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/powerpc.git  
> >> for-2.6.24
> >>
> >> posting here for everyone else to see.
> >>
> >> Updated with changes suggested by Arnd & Segher. (removal 82xx pci  
> >> header
> >> and moving some headers under platforms if not globally needed).
> >
> > Nice!  I'm hoping the next step after this is to do the other way
> > around - make ARCH=ppc builds independent of things in arch/powerpc or
> > include/asm-powerpc, which is almost the more important change.
> 
> Maybe, hadn't thought about that case.  One thing at a time :)
> 
> Do we want to go and move stuff back out of arch/powerpc/kernel back  
> into arch/ppc/kernel?  or just include files?

What would be the point of doing that?  I would think we want the
opposite, in that we want to reuse as much of arch/powerpc during
arch/ppc compiles as possible.  Sort of shows how much is "left" to
port.

Also, making arch/ppc compile stand-alone again would be "wasted" work,
since it's going to die anyway.

josh