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From: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] biosemu: include <asm/io.h> header
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:32:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130402123240.7ba96cd9@lilith> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdYREoPSGDQNZxoT-yL-Mxvf8aPJUE8uvd48s0qazhhVkQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Linus,

On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:09:21 +0200, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Albert ARIBAUD
> <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net> wrote:
> 
> > NAK -- no ARM target needs bios emulation, so basing the #define on ARM
> > requirements is incorrect.
> >
> > Actually, ARM targets build drivers/bios_emulator/libatibiosemu.o as
> > the result of an overlook in ./Makefile where this object is compiled
> > unconditionally.
> >
> > A git grep CONFIG_BIOSEMU seems to indicate only a handful of PowerPC
> > targets need bios emulation; I suggest doing a V2 of this patch
> > where the object is built only for PowerPC, and the #define is removed.
> 
> So the patch was initiated by the discussion here:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=136399798826572&w=2
> 
> I am looking into getting biosemu up on ARM for the PCI-equipped
> ARM boards, but admittedly I have no idea where it'll go.
> 
> But this can surely wait until I have a series that can be run as well.

Indeed: when some real ARM target needs biosemu, then yes, this patch
will make sense as part of the series that introduces this target.

> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-02 10:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-02  8:14 [U-Boot] [PATCH] biosemu: include <asm/io.h> header Linus Walleij
2013-04-02  8:56 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2013-04-02 10:09   ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-02 10:32     ` Albert ARIBAUD [this message]
2013-04-03 16:02       ` Tom Rini
2013-04-03 17:07         ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-03 22:05           ` Tom Rini
2013-04-04  5:59             ` Linus Walleij
2013-04-04 20:14               ` Tom Rini
2013-04-03 15:30 ` [U-Boot] " Tom Rini

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