From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com>
Cc: Mitch Bradley <wmb@firmworks.com>,
Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>,
Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Joseph Fannin <jfannin@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: OLPC: Add support for calling into Open Firmware
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:58:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <480CAB8B.1030009@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080421150546.GB6354@cosmic.amd.com>
Jordan Crouse wrote:
>
> This is off topic slightly, but let it be known that the coreboot project
> considers OFW a very valid option for x86 platforms. A kernel that
> worked happily with OFW would greatly encourage people to adopt it in
> lieu of other BIOS / firmware solutions.
>
> I return you to your previously scheduled debate.
>
The interface they are proposing is definitely not suitable for upward
extension, for the reasons already mentioned. However, they have units
in the field, and the amount of changes required to support another
interface should be relatively minor.
Hence my insistence that we don't promote it as *the* OFW interface, but
*a* OFW interface.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-21 15:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-18 8:47 2.6.25-mm1 Andrew Morton
2008-04-18 11:26 ` [PATCH] 2.6.25-mm1 - Build Failure with PWRficient onchip memory controller driver Kamalesh Babulal
2008-04-18 13:02 ` StackProtector Oopses - Re: 2.6.25-mm1 Reuben Farrelly
2008-04-18 13:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-18 13:51 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-18 14:41 ` Reuben Farrelly
2008-04-18 14:49 ` Reuben Farrelly
2008-04-21 15:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-22 1:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-22 2:04 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-04-22 8:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-22 14:29 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-18 16:40 ` 2.6.25-mm1 (build error: driver core) Randy Dunlap
2008-04-18 16:56 ` Greg KH
2008-04-18 18:38 ` Dan Williams
2008-04-18 16:45 ` 2.6.25-mm1 (build error: trace selftest) Randy Dunlap
2008-04-18 20:14 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-04-18 23:09 ` 2.6.25-mm1: orphaned files after build Alexey Dobriyan
2008-04-19 2:13 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Joseph Fannin
2008-04-19 3:02 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andrew Morton
2008-04-19 4:14 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Dmitry Torokhov
2008-04-19 4:29 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andrew Morton
2008-04-19 6:33 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Joseph Fannin
2008-04-21 11:07 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Takashi Iwai
2008-04-21 17:44 ` 2.6.25-mm1 (snd-pcsp causes driver conflict) Stas Sergeev
2008-04-22 10:09 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-22 17:54 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-23 8:55 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-23 14:14 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-21 19:45 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Stas Sergeev
2008-04-21 14:06 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Takashi Iwai
2008-04-21 17:55 ` 2.6.25-mm1 (snd-pcsp doesn't like DEBUG_PAGEALLOC) Stas Sergeev
2008-04-22 10:13 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-22 14:01 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-04-22 16:42 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-22 18:31 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-23 8:49 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-23 14:18 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-23 20:02 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-24 9:40 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-25 3:51 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-25 6:28 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-25 16:45 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-25 16:51 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-04-25 17:25 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-05-02 16:44 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-05-02 16:57 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-05-06 10:20 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-05-06 16:51 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-25 18:09 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-04-25 18:31 ` Stas Sergeev
2008-04-25 18:37 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2008-04-19 2:25 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Joseph Fannin
2008-04-19 3:08 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andrew Morton
2008-04-19 3:10 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Joseph Fannin
2008-04-19 3:29 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andrew Morton
2008-04-19 13:25 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andres Salomon
2008-04-19 17:38 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andrew Morton
2008-04-19 17:50 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andres Salomon
2008-04-21 14:56 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Jordan Crouse
2008-04-21 15:05 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Andres Salomon
2008-04-21 15:12 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Jordan Crouse
2008-04-19 17:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] OLPC: Add support for calling into Open Firmware Andres Salomon
2008-04-20 10:34 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-20 12:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-20 17:59 ` Andres Salomon
2008-04-20 18:42 ` Mitch Bradley
2008-04-20 19:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-21 3:39 ` Mitch Bradley
2008-04-21 4:54 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-21 8:22 ` Mitch Bradley
2008-04-21 11:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-21 13:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-21 13:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-21 13:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-21 15:05 ` Jordan Crouse
2008-04-21 14:58 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-04-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 1/2] " H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-21 3:09 ` Mitch Bradley
2008-04-21 3:15 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-21 4:05 ` Mitch Bradley
2008-04-21 4:26 ` David Miller
2008-04-21 4:50 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-21 8:03 ` Mitch Bradley
2008-04-21 14:24 ` Andres Salomon
2008-04-21 15:54 ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-21 16:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-04-21 18:54 ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-21 17:03 ` Andres Salomon
2008-04-21 19:18 ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-21 19:46 ` Andres Salomon
2008-04-21 20:25 ` David Woodhouse
2008-04-21 21:02 ` [PATCH] OLPC: only check for OFW signature on VSA-less Geodes Andres Salomon
2008-04-21 21:17 ` Jordan Crouse
2008-04-21 21:17 ` [PATCH] " David Woodhouse
2008-04-29 3:06 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-29 5:32 ` [PATCH] x86: GEODE: cache results from geode_has_vsa2() and uninline Andres Salomon
2008-04-29 20:35 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-29 20:57 ` Andres Salomon
2008-04-19 17:39 ` [PATCH 2/2] OLPC: drop pre-OpenFirmware workarounds Andres Salomon
2008-04-19 18:21 ` 2.6.25-mm1 Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-20 11:29 ` internal compiler error: SIGSEGV [Was: 2.6.25-mm1] Jiri Slaby
2008-04-21 8:31 ` Jiri Slaby
2008-04-21 9:06 ` Al Viro
2008-04-21 9:37 ` fault in __d_lookup " Jiri Slaby
2008-04-21 9:45 ` Al Viro
2008-04-21 9:59 ` Jiri Slaby
2008-04-21 13:42 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-04-21 17:23 ` Matthew Wilcox
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