From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <39EBDC43.3F7E57B8@mvista.com> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:57:39 -0400 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mgreer@mvista.com CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: If not CONFIG_ALL_PPC, you're broken References: <39EB8A67.E2F9C023@mvista.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Mark A. Greer" wrote: > > I've haven't been paying attention to this but it seems as though any > platform that doesn't fit in CONFIG_ALL_PPC doesn't build anymore. We don't even need CONFIG_ALL_PPC anymore. We can just rename arch/ppc to arch/powermac_workstation, as that is all that works right now. It sucks to have to build a 2 Mbyte kernel with USB, keyboard, mouse, and tons of other stuff just to get a kernel that will link when all you want is a serial and Ethernet port......and then hack init functions that you didn't want anyway so they don't try to touch hardware you don't have. > ........ Yes, I know, I am lazy > and should contribute more. Anyway, I think we all need to pay closer > attention to the changes that are being put in, including me. Well, putting in the time is only part of it. I am trying to support about a dozen different PowerPC boards, none of which look like a PowerMac. By the time I test a kernel across all of these platforms and check in a few changes I am completely out of date and have to start over. > What's the best way to get the other platforms working again? Fortunately, it looks like some people (Matt, Troy, others) have pushed a few PReP and CHRP updates, and Paul has a CHRP workstation for testing. Maybe when the PMac stuff slows down, we can catch up. Unfortunately, we still have to build huge kernels with lots of stuff we don't need, and I don't know how to fix that (well, I do but I don't think it is likely to happen :-). -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/