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From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: drivers/char/hvc_* and /Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:39:27 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <479A651F.2070109@freescale.com> (raw)

Hi,

I'm working on a console driver for the Freescale hypervisor.  I notice a bunch 
of hvc_* files in the drivers/char directory.  I also noticed 
/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt.

My guess is that hvcs.txt talks about drivers/char/hvcs.c, which is a console 
driver specific to some IBM hypervisor.  The hvc_*.c files are based on that 
code but they're more generic and allow people to write console drivers for 
other hypervisors easliy.  Am I right?

If so, does this mean that I can take hvc_beat.c, modify it to make Freescale 
hypervisor calls instead, and presto, I'm done?

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

             reply	other threads:[~2008-01-25 23:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-25 22:39 Timur Tabi [this message]
2008-01-26  1:04 ` drivers/char/hvc_* and /Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt Olof Johansson
2008-02-06 23:16   ` Timur Tabi

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