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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] Start split out of common open firmware code
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:11:27 +0200
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>> end up with the OF analogue to an MSI layer that only
>> ever can work on intel compatible platforms.
>
> Please don't use this straw-man.
>
> These days it works perfectly fine on sparc64.

Yes, but how long did that take?  And why? That's my
point, not that "after this things cannot be solved
anymore" -- sure they can, it gets a lot harder though.


Segher