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From: Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Differentiate SheevaPlugs and DockStars on the basis of the memory size.
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:45:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D9CED15.2010806@ahsoftware.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1104061739100.28032@xanadu.home>

On 06.04.2011 23:44, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, Alexander Holler wrote:
>
>> It is possible to differentiate a SheevaPlugs and DockStars on the basis
>> of the memory size.
>>
>> This makes it possible to unify both setup files.
>
> No no no !!!  This is an abomination!
>
> We are not going to reduce the amount of code under arch/arm/ with such
> fragile hacks.  This would create an even worse maintenance problem the
> day either of those devices is released with more RAM or whatever.

DockStars are already obsolet and vanilla Linux was never supported by 
the manufacturer (Seagate). And they never used the machine type in 
question.

So I don't think this in any way a fragile hack.

Anyway, it was just a suggestion.

Regards,

Alexander

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-06 22:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-06 20:35 [PATCH 0/2] ARM: Unify setup for Marvell SheevaPlugs and Seagate DockStars Alexander Holler
2011-04-06 20:35 ` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Differentiate SheevaPlugs and DockStars on the basis of the memory size Alexander Holler
2011-04-06 21:44   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-06 22:45     ` Alexander Holler [this message]
2011-04-06 23:01       ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-06 23:22         ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-07  2:55           ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-07  8:55           ` Alexander Clouter
2011-04-07 21:31             ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-07 21:44               ` Alexander Clouter
2011-04-07 21:59                 ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-07 22:08               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-07 23:04                 ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-08  7:24                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-08  8:38                     ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-09  8:29                   ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2011-04-10 18:14                     ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-10 19:29                       ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-06 23:23         ` Eric Cooper
2011-04-06 20:35 ` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: Remove machine type dockstar (use sheevaplug instead) Alexander Holler
2011-04-06 21:02   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-06 21:43     ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-06 22:50 ` [PATCH 0/2] ARM: Unify setup for Marvell SheevaPlugs and Seagate DockStars Nico Erfurth
2011-04-07  9:20   ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-07  9:37     ` Nico Erfurth
2011-04-07  9:44       ` Alexander Holler
2011-04-07 17:39         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-08  3:38           ` Alexander Holler

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