From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from de01egw01.freescale.net (de01egw01.freescale.net [192.88.165.102]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6636467D0C for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:40:37 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <457F2FE1.1080308@freescale.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:40:33 -0600 From: Scott Wood MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: consolidate mpc83xx platform files References: <20061208190758.6cee088f.kim.phillips@freescale.com> <1165648490.1103.117.camel@localhost.localdomain> <91EF8E0D-06BC-47FD-89E6-6350430946F9@kernel.crashing.org> <20061211155155.26868ca6.kim.phillips@freescale.com> <20061211201055.21031c9b.kim.phillips@freescale.com> <1165890570.11914.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <457F1F6E.4020502@freescale.com> <1165960058.11914.72.camel@localhost.localdomain> <7152860A-27A3-4C08-B6A5-DFA57A63ACED@kernel.crashing.org> <20061212162416.06f0dd76.kim.phillips@freescale.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Kumar Gala wrote: > What's the issue with a file per board if all it has is the ppc_md/ > define_machine() in it. Someone explain to me why this is a bad thing? It requires that the kernel be changed even when a new board doesn't require that the kernel actually *do* anything differently. It's gratuitous duplication, even if the bit being duplicated is small. Why is a single ppc_md, which no board is forced to use, but can be used by any board without special requirements, a bad thing? -Scott