From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.245]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CF9DDF20 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:46:10 +1100 (EST) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 33so211359agc.0 for ; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:46:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 08:46:08 -0700 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "Matt Sealey" Subject: Re: add phy-handle property for fec_mpc52xx In-Reply-To: <4784E78C.40904@genesi-usa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20080109140608.GA15673@aepfle.de> <4784E78C.40904@genesi-usa.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Olaf Hering List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 1/9/08, Matt Sealey wrote: > Please let's keep the nature of our firmware and the Linux codebase > independant, and move the burden of support to Genesi, and not the > Linux PowerPC team. After all, what is next, after phy-handle do > you want to add i2c, irda, missing xlb/cdm entries in the patch so > that other things work? Does everyone have to custom compile their > own kernel? What happens if we do another firmware release and > the Linux kernel overwrites important values without checking as > it does now? It simply causes problems. FWIW, I've got a patch in my tree that removes a bunch of the efika fixups. I've learned a lot over the past year and I'm taking a more pragmatic approach. So, fixups that are not absolutely required to get a working Efika are going away. However, I'm still inclined to pick up Olaf's patch with the appropriate protections around it so it is only done if the nodes are missing. Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.