From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3C44A85E.1090108@embeddededge.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:08:30 -0500 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Updegraff Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: a MINIMAL405 submodel References: <3C44A4AF.9000302@cray.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: David Updegraff wrote: > ... Might we be able to limit the proliferation of submodel > in the PPC 4xx world with the addition of my proposed MINIMAL405 > submodel and then let vendors write drivers instead of kernels? The 8xx and 8260 are almost like this. What you will discover over time is a driver you write is 99% of what someone else wants. In your proposal, you would end up with a whole new driver that is almost identical to another, which isn't practical to maintain. Just follow the convention of adding a board descriptor for your platform. If it is truly identical to another, then the platforms can share the same files and this knowledge is implicit in the configuration. Now, if the current configurations make assumptions about platforms that use a 405GP (and it shouldn't), that is what needs to change. Thanks. -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/