From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.pengutronix.de [92.198.50.35]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E49BB7CF5 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:54:56 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:54:50 +0100 From: Wolfram Sang To: Ryan Subject: Re: State of PREEMPT_RT in PPC arch Message-ID: <20100219085450.GA10674@pengutronix.de> References: <5bbdacc81002172233x64a05ae2m4ecdbddf85dac8c0@mail.gmail.com> <20100218131541.GB18514@pengutronix.de> <5bbdacc81002182134l64c46bf1mc2a4b4fc268e6eee@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c" In-Reply-To: <5bbdacc81002182134l64c46bf1mc2a4b4fc268e6eee@mail.gmail.com> Cc: ppcdev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:34:28PM -0800, Ryan wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Wolfram Sang wro= te: > > > > > I'm soliciting comments from the community. Thanks in advance for > > > sharing your thoughts. > > > > Mainline your driver and you are free from such problems :) >=20 > Shouldn't it be the opposite way? That is, get drivers working first > then mainline them? I even don't have a working driver with RT patch. If you have problems getting your driver to mainline, the lists are there to help. Of course, this implies working with a recent kernel (which also answ= ers your initial question a bit). Most people don't want to supprt old kernels = like 2.6.2x in their freetime. You can get commercial support for such tasks (be= it my employer or other consultants on this list). > and discussions about them, kinda dedicated to active developers. Is > there a place that users or not-so-active developers can post > technical questions and get some relatively quick answers or comments? The list was apropriate. As all people are busy by default, getting no resp= onse is not that exceptional. If you need a fast response, you should consider commercial support. Regards, Wolfram --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | Wolfram Sang | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkt+UdoACgkQD27XaX1/VRtEwQCgtBJtltOS6KGUwmFVQcWdJsiW UOgAn1asO9vl7HqYl21pesbNP+SBkHDe =gmty -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c--