From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:38:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: Mark Chambers Cc: Embedded Linux PPC list Subject: Re: more questions about 8xx microcode patches In-Reply-To: <015b01c4741d$aca87010$0301a8c0@chuck2> Message-ID: References: <015b01c4741d$aca87010$0301a8c0@chuck2> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Mark Chambers wrote: > Robert, > > I know I've never had a need to use a microcode patch. Maybe a quick > survey - has anybody ever had a need to use two patches at once? I'm > suspecting you may be putting a lot of effort into something that's rarely > needed. Also, as Motorola updates their silicon the patches will likely > become less relevant (less likely that new users will need the patches). on my project alone, we've needed two different selections of those patches. so while it's not an earth-shattering modification, it doesn't hurt and it sometimes helps. and it makes the addition of any future patches really trivial, if that ever happens. rday ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/