Re: linux-next: first tree

2008-02-16 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 16 Feb 2008 10:33, Stephen Rothwell pondered: > On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:33:50 +0800 "Bryan Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Could you please add Blackfin tree to the linux-next > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/blackfin-2.6.git > > for-linus > > Added,

Re: linux-next: first tree

2008-02-16 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 16 Feb 2008 10:33, Stephen Rothwell pondered: On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:33:50 +0800 Bryan Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you please add Blackfin tree to the linux-next git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/blackfin-2.6.git for-linus Added, thanks. And do

Re: blackfin compile error

2008-02-07 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 6 Feb 2008 14:37, Andrew Morton pondered: > On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:12:50 -0500 > Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed 6 Feb 2008 11:23, Matt Mackall pondered: > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 17:18 +

Re: Gadget driver repository?

2008-02-07 Thread Robin Getz
On Tue 5 Feb 2008 14:56, Robin Getz pondered: > I was wondering where (or if) there were any non-mainlined gadget > drivers that > were kept anywhere? > > According to (2005) > http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/ > > > Other controller and gadget

Re: Gadget driver repository?

2008-02-07 Thread Robin Getz
On Tue 5 Feb 2008 14:56, Robin Getz pondered: I was wondering where (or if) there were any non-mainlined gadget drivers that were kept anywhere? According to (2005) http://www.linux-usb.org/gadget/ Other controller and gadget drivers are in development, but are unreleased

Re: blackfin compile error

2008-02-07 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 6 Feb 2008 14:37, Andrew Morton pondered: On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:12:50 -0500 Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed 6 Feb 2008 11:23, Matt Mackall pondered: On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 17:18 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: Commit 698dd4ba6b12e34e1e432c944c01478c0b2cd773 broke

Re: blackfin compile error

2008-02-06 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 6 Feb 2008 11:23, Matt Mackall pondered: > > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 17:18 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Commit 698dd4ba6b12e34e1e432c944c01478c0b2cd773 broke blackfin: > > > > <-- snip --> > > > > ... > > CC mm/vmscan.o > > In file included from > >

Re: blackfin compile error

2008-02-06 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 6 Feb 2008 11:23, Matt Mackall pondered: On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 17:18 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: Commit 698dd4ba6b12e34e1e432c944c01478c0b2cd773 broke blackfin: -- snip -- ... CC mm/vmscan.o In file included from

Re: managing kallsyms_addresses

2008-01-31 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 31 Jan 2008 12:27, Paulo Marques pondered: > Robin Getz wrote: > > When the kernel needs to find out what symbol is at a specific address, it > > uses kallsyms_lookup() This seems to work pretty well - almost. > > > > The problem is today, we don't to remov

managing kallsyms_addresses

2008-01-31 Thread Robin Getz
When the kernel needs to find out what symbol is at a specific address, it uses kallsyms_lookup() This seems to work pretty well - almost. The problem is today, we don't to remove the symbols from the init section when the init section is freed. There is invalid data in kallsyms_addresses. The

managing kallsyms_addresses

2008-01-31 Thread Robin Getz
When the kernel needs to find out what symbol is at a specific address, it uses kallsyms_lookup() This seems to work pretty well - almost. The problem is today, we don't to remove the symbols from the init section when the init section is freed. There is invalid data in kallsyms_addresses. The

Re: managing kallsyms_addresses

2008-01-31 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 31 Jan 2008 12:27, Paulo Marques pondered: Robin Getz wrote: When the kernel needs to find out what symbol is at a specific address, it uses kallsyms_lookup() This seems to work pretty well - almost. The problem is today, we don't to remove the symbols from the init section

Re: [PATCH 1/1] [Blackfin] char driver for Blackfin on-chip OTP memory

2008-01-30 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 30 Jan 2008 06:00, Jiri Slaby pondered: > On 01/30/2008 11:36 AM, Bryan Wu wrote: > > From: Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > initial char driver for otp memory > > (only read supported atm ... needs real examples/docs for write support) > > > > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger

Re: [PATCH 1/1] [Blackfin] char driver for Blackfin on-chip OTP memory

2008-01-30 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 30 Jan 2008 06:00, Jiri Slaby pondered: On 01/30/2008 11:36 AM, Bryan Wu wrote: From: Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] initial char driver for otp memory (only read supported atm ... needs real examples/docs for write support) Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fix Blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

2008-01-15 Thread Robin Getz
tial > patch. > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Fix Blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

2008-01-15 Thread Robin Getz
] CC: Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Randy Dunlap [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Acked-by: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- arch/blackfin/Kconfig |4 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/blackfin/Kconfig

Re: [patch] split MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA

2008-01-12 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 11 Jan 2008 12:52, Robin Getz pondered: > On Fri 11 Jan 2008 04:35, Pierre Ossman pondered: > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:08:53 -0500 > > "Mike Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Jan 11, 2008 3:40 AM, Pierre Ossman <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [patch] split MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA

2008-01-12 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 11 Jan 2008 12:52, Robin Getz pondered: On Fri 11 Jan 2008 04:35, Pierre Ossman pondered: On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:08:53 -0500 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 11, 2008 3:40 AM, Pierre Ossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it's far more probable that you've

Re: [patch] split MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA

2008-01-11 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 11 Jan 2008 04:35, Pierre Ossman pondered: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:08:53 -0500 > "Mike Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 11, 2008 3:40 AM, Pierre Ossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So it's far more probable that you've misdiagnosed your error than > this being the

Re: [patch] split MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA

2008-01-11 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 11 Jan 2008 04:35, Pierre Ossman pondered: On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:08:53 -0500 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 11, 2008 3:40 AM, Pierre Ossman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So it's far more probable that you've misdiagnosed your error than this being the actual problem.

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 3 Jan 2008 12:04, Richard D pondered: > Does all USB Host controller hardware have the ability to disable PING? I think they do. (or at least should)... http://www.intel.com/technology/usb/download/ehci-r10.pdf == 4.11 Ping Control (page 88) USB 2.0 defines an addition to

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-03 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 3 Jan 2008 12:04, Richard D pondered: Does all USB Host controller hardware have the ability to disable PING? I think they do. (or at least should)... http://www.intel.com/technology/usb/download/ehci-r10.pdf == 4.11 Ping Control (page 88) USB 2.0 defines an addition to

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 2 Jan 2008 22:43, David Brownell pondered: > This patch might be improved slightly -- in ways that, as I > understand things, could save some RAM on Blackfin! -- by > having the BLACKLIST_HUB option get rid of the transaction > translator support (changing C code not just Kconfig). > It's

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 2 Jan 2008 13:47, David Brownell pondered: > On Wednesday 02 January 2008, Robin Getz wrote: > > From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Allow embedded developers to turn support for USB Hubs off even if > > they have a full root hub. This saves

[PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Allow embedded developers to turn support for USB Hubs off even if they have a full root hub. This saves the overhead (RAM and Flash size). Allow embedded developers the capabilities of the "otg_whitelist.h" - a product whitelist, so

[PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Allow embedded developers to turn support for USB Hubs off even if they have a full root hub. This saves the overhead (RAM and Flash size). Allow embedded developers the capabilities of the otg_whitelist.h - a product whitelist, so USB peripherals not listed

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 2 Jan 2008 13:47, David Brownell pondered: On Wednesday 02 January 2008, Robin Getz wrote: From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Allow embedded developers to turn support for USB Hubs off even if they have a full root hub. This saves the overhead (RAM and Flash size). ISTR

Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] : Allow embedded developers USB options normally reserved for OTG

2008-01-02 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 2 Jan 2008 22:43, David Brownell pondered: This patch might be improved slightly -- in ways that, as I understand things, could save some RAM on Blackfin! -- by having the BLACKLIST_HUB option get rid of the transaction translator support (changing C code not just Kconfig). It's pretty

Re: improve remapping of vmalloc regions

2008-01-01 Thread Robin Getz
Nick: In Apr 2006, you sent around some patches > vm_insert_page and remap_pfn_range loops are really clever, bit > probably asking a bit too much of most drivers. I was able to get > rid of most of them without too much trouble. http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/4/20/196 It doesn't seem like those

Re: improve remapping of vmalloc regions

2008-01-01 Thread Robin Getz
Nick: In Apr 2006, you sent around some patches vm_insert_page and remap_pfn_range loops are really clever, bit probably asking a bit too much of most drivers. I was able to get rid of most of them without too much trouble. http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/4/20/196 It doesn't seem like those made

Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

2007-12-29 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 29 Dec 2007 01:23, Mathieu Desnoyers pondered: > Ok, and do we really need to make HARDWARE_PM a tristate ? I see that > part of it must be compiled into the kernel in core .S files. Does it > really make sense for it to be a module ? I don't think so. > Also, op_model_bf533.c sits in the

Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

2007-12-29 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 29 Dec 2007 01:23, Mathieu Desnoyers pondered: Ok, and do we really need to make HARDWARE_PM a tristate ? I see that part of it must be compiled into the kernel in core .S files. Does it really make sense for it to be a module ? I don't think so. Also, op_model_bf533.c sits in the

Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

2007-12-28 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 28 Dec 2007 14:28, Mathieu Desnoyers pondered: > * Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:14:04PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > > * Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > This patch restores the blackfin Hardware Performance Monitor Profiling >

Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

2007-12-28 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 28 Dec 2007 14:28, Mathieu Desnoyers pondered: * Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:14:04PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: * Adrian Bunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This patch restores the blackfin Hardware Performance Monitor Profiling support

Re: [PATCH 1/1] [MTD/NAND]: Add Blackfin BF52x on-chip NAND Flash controller driver support in bf5xx_nand driver

2007-11-24 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 24 Nov 2007 02:15, Bryan Wu pondered: > On Nov 24, 2007 2:43 PM, David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 17:04 -0500, Robin Getz wrote: > > > It could be a runtime if() but we don't currently have the is_mach() a

Re: [PATCH 1/1] [MTD/NAND]: Add Blackfin BF52x on-chip NAND Flash controller driver support in bf5xx_nand driver

2007-11-24 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 24 Nov 2007 02:15, Bryan Wu pondered: On Nov 24, 2007 2:43 PM, David Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 17:04 -0500, Robin Getz wrote: It could be a runtime if() but we don't currently have the is_mach() all set up properly today. This is because

Re: [PATCH 1/1] [MTD/NAND]: Add Blackfin BF52x on-chip NAND Flash controller driver support in bf5xx_nand driver

2007-11-23 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 23 Nov 2007 16:52, Arjan van de Ven pondered: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:25:29 +0800 > "Bryan Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 23, 2007 6:19 PM, David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 18:14 +0800, Bryan Wu wrote: > > > > > > > > +#ifdef

Re: [PATCH 1/1] [MTD/NAND]: Add Blackfin BF52x on-chip NAND Flash controller driver support in bf5xx_nand driver

2007-11-23 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 23 Nov 2007 16:52, Arjan van de Ven pondered: On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:25:29 +0800 Bryan Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 23, 2007 6:19 PM, David Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 18:14 +0800, Bryan Wu wrote: +#ifdef CONFIG_BF54x /*

Re: [patch] remove support for un-needed _extratext section

2007-10-29 Thread Robin Getz
On Mon 29 Oct 2007 18:22, Andrew Morton pondered: > I hit numerous rejects here. I am not sure which kernel you patched but > I suspect it was not an up-to-date one. Sorry about that - I will do so in the future. Thanks for reviewing and fixing up. > > --- kernel/kallsyms.c (revision

Re: [patch] remove support for un-needed _extratext section

2007-10-29 Thread Robin Getz
On Mon 29 Oct 2007 18:22, Andrew Morton pondered: I hit numerous rejects here. I am not sure which kernel you patched but I suspect it was not an up-to-date one. Sorry about that - I will do so in the future. Thanks for reviewing and fixing up. --- kernel/kallsyms.c (revision 3780)

[patch] remove support for un-needed _extratext section

2007-10-26 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> when passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the kernel thought it was a valid kernel address, even if it is not. This is because is_ksym_addr() called is_kernel_extratext() and checked against labels that don't exist on many archs (which d

Re: history of extratext sections?

2007-10-26 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:36, Robin Getz pondered: > Paul: > > I noticed that when passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the > kernel thought it was a valid kernel address, even if it was not for the > specific architecture it was running on. > > This was becaus

Re: history of extratext sections?

2007-10-26 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:36, Robin Getz pondered: Paul: I noticed that when passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the kernel thought it was a valid kernel address, even if it was not for the specific architecture it was running on. This was because is_kernel_extratext() was checking

[patch] remove support for un-needed _extratext section

2007-10-26 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] when passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the kernel thought it was a valid kernel address, even if it is not. This is because is_ksym_addr() called is_kernel_extratext() and checked against labels that don't exist on many archs (which default as zero

history of extratext sections?

2007-10-24 Thread Robin Getz
Paul: I noticed that when passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the kernel thought it was a valid kernel address, even if it was not for the specific architecture I was running things on. This was because is_kernel_extratext() was checking against labels that don't exist on many archs.

history of extratext sections?

2007-10-24 Thread Robin Getz
Paul: I noticed that when passing a zero address to kallsyms_lookup(), the kernel thought it was a valid kernel address, even if it was not for the specific architecture I was running things on. This was because is_kernel_extratext() was checking against labels that don't exist on many archs.

Re: [PATCH try #4] Input/Joystick Driver: add support AD7142 joystick driver

2007-10-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 17 Oct 2007 10:07, Jean Delvare pondered: > Hi Bryan, > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:12:00 +0800, Bryan Wu wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH try #4] Input/Joystick Driver: add support AD7142 > joystick driver > > +#define AD7142_I2C_ADDR0x2C > > Not worth a define IMHO, as you use it

Re: [PATCH try #4] Input/Joystick Driver: add support AD7142 joystick driver

2007-10-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 17 Oct 2007 10:07, Jean Delvare pondered: Hi Bryan, On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:12:00 +0800, Bryan Wu wrote: Subject: [PATCH try #4] Input/Joystick Driver: add support AD7142 joystick driver +#define AD7142_I2C_ADDR0x2C Not worth a define IMHO, as you use it only once and

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Blackfin serial driver: this driver enable SPORTs on Blackfin emulate UART

2007-10-15 Thread Robin Getz
On Mon 15 Oct 2007 16:33, Andrew Morton pondered: > > > Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Blackfin serial driver: this driver enable SPORTs > on Blackfin emulate UART > > That's a bit hard to parse. > Blackfin's have a synchronous Serial Peripheral pORT (SPORT). Unlike SPI, UART, I2C, or CAN interfaces

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Blackfin serial driver: this driver enable SPORTs on Blackfin emulate UART

2007-10-15 Thread Robin Getz
On Mon 15 Oct 2007 16:33, Andrew Morton pondered: Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Blackfin serial driver: this driver enable SPORTs on Blackfin emulate UART That's a bit hard to parse. Blackfin's have a synchronous Serial Peripheral pORT (SPORT). Unlike SPI, UART, I2C, or CAN interfaces which

Re: [PATCH] Replace __attribute_pure__ with __pure

2007-10-05 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 5 Oct 2007 09:13, Ralf Baechle pondered: > And btw why does Analog list half their employees in the MAINTAINERS > entry? > Seems a little over the top ... Yeah, the original submission got a little carried away... We can cut that down to just Bryan and the mailing list I think. -Robin -

Re: [PATCH] Replace __attribute_pure__ with __pure

2007-10-05 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 5 Oct 2007 09:13, Ralf Baechle pondered: And btw why does Analog list half their employees in the MAINTAINERS entry? Seems a little over the top ... Yeah, the original submission got a little carried away... We can cut that down to just Bryan and the mailing list I think. -Robin - To

Re: Blackfin Ethernet MAC driver compile error

2007-10-02 Thread Robin Getz
On Tue 2 Oct 2007 07:30, Kalle Pokki pondered: > The Blackfin Ethernet MAC driver does not compile. It seems the driver is > missing some pinmux defines. > > CC drivers/net/bfin_mac.o > drivers/net/bfin_mac.c: In function 'setup_pin_mux': > drivers/net/bfin_mac.c:275: error: 'P_MII0'

Re: Blackfin Ethernet MAC driver compile error

2007-10-02 Thread Robin Getz
On Tue 2 Oct 2007 07:30, Kalle Pokki pondered: The Blackfin Ethernet MAC driver does not compile. It seems the driver is missing some pinmux defines. CC drivers/net/bfin_mac.o drivers/net/bfin_mac.c: In function 'setup_pin_mux': drivers/net/bfin_mac.c:275: error: 'P_MII0' undeclared

Re: Out of memory management in embedded systems

2007-10-01 Thread Robin Getz
On Mon 1 Oct 2007 12:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] pondered: > overcommit by default is optimistic that if the program requesting the > memory actually tries to use it there will be enough (both the fork-exec > situation and the copy-on-write memory of real forks mean that the > system ends up useing

Re: Out of memory management in embedded systems

2007-10-01 Thread Robin Getz
On Mon 1 Oct 2007 12:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] pondered: overcommit by default is optimistic that if the program requesting the memory actually tries to use it there will be enough (both the fork-exec situation and the copy-on-write memory of real forks mean that the system ends up useing much

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-20 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 20 Sep 2007 11:03, David McCullough pondered: > I would say that (a) is definately not the case. I am sure the BF guys > will say they have been banging us on the head with changes for a long > time and getting no where as we considered the changes to severe or out > of line. I don't

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-20 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 19 Sep 2007 23:54, Paul Mundt pondered: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:42:53PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On 9/19/07, Paul Mundt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:55:25AM +1000, David McCullough wrote: > > > > Jivin Robin Ge

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-20 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 19 Sep 2007 23:54, Paul Mundt pondered: On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:42:53PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: On 9/19/07, Paul Mundt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:55:25AM +1000, David McCullough wrote: Jivin Robin Getz lays it down ... On Tue 18 Sep 2007 04:09

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-20 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 20 Sep 2007 11:03, David McCullough pondered: I would say that (a) is definately not the case. I am sure the BF guys will say they have been banging us on the head with changes for a long time and getting no where as we considered the changes to severe or out of line. I don't think we

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-19 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 19 Sep 2007 21:55, David McCullough pondered: > Jivin Robin Getz lays it down ... > > On Tue 18 Sep 2007 04:09, Bryan Wu pondered: > > > From: Bernd Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > This just adds minimum support for the Blackfin relocatio

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-19 Thread Robin Getz
On Tue 18 Sep 2007 04:09, Bryan Wu pondered: > From: Bernd Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This just adds minimum support for the Blackfin relocations, > since we don't have enough space in each reloc. The idea > is to store a value with one relocation so that subsequent ones can > access it. >

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-19 Thread Robin Getz
On Tue 18 Sep 2007 04:09, Bryan Wu pondered: From: Bernd Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] This just adds minimum support for the Blackfin relocations, since we don't have enough space in each reloc. The idea is to store a value with one relocation so that subsequent ones can access it.

Re: [PATCH] binfmt_flat: minimum support for theBlackfin relocations

2007-09-19 Thread Robin Getz
On Wed 19 Sep 2007 21:55, David McCullough pondered: Jivin Robin Getz lays it down ... On Tue 18 Sep 2007 04:09, Bryan Wu pondered: From: Bernd Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] This just adds minimum support for the Blackfin relocations, since we don't have enough space in each reloc

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Blackfin EMAC driver: Add phyabstraction layer supporting in bfin_emac driver

2007-09-16 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 15 Sep 2007 22:57, Bryan Wu pondered: > > - add MDIO functions and register mdio bus > - add phy abstraction layer (PAL) functions and use PAL API > - test on STAMP537 board Today, the Kconfig for the Blackfin just includes: > config BFIN_MAC > tristate "Blackfin 536/537

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Blackfin EMAC driver: Add phyabstraction layer supporting in bfin_emac driver

2007-09-16 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 15 Sep 2007 22:57, Bryan Wu pondered: - add MDIO functions and register mdio bus - add phy abstraction layer (PAL) functions and use PAL API - test on STAMP537 board Today, the Kconfig for the Blackfin just includes: config BFIN_MAC tristate Blackfin 536/537 on-chip mac

Re: [patch] update CFI URI n mtd kconfig

2007-09-13 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 13 Sep 2007 14:28, Josh Boyer pondered: > On 9/12/07, Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since AMD shunted its flash memory division, the URI in the mtd Kconfig is > > now > > broken, so the attached patch points people to Wikipedia. > > > > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL

Re: [patch] update CFI URI n mtd kconfig

2007-09-13 Thread Robin Getz
On Thu 13 Sep 2007 14:28, Josh Boyer pondered: On 9/12/07, Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since AMD shunted its flash memory division, the URI in the mtd Kconfig is now broken, so the attached patch points people to Wikipedia. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you*

2007-09-04 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 1 Sep 2007 18:08, Andi Kleen pondered: > "Mike Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > is there any sort of standard for testing and integration into > > mainline ? > > Everybody does their own. That kind of stinks - and seems to be a potential duplication of effort all over the

Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you*

2007-09-04 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 1 Sep 2007 18:08, Andi Kleen pondered: Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is there any sort of standard for testing and integration into mainline ? Everybody does their own. That kind of stinks - and seems to be a potential duplication of effort all over the place. in

Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you*

2007-09-01 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 31 Aug 2007 17:22, Mike Frysinger pondered: > is there any sort of standard for testing and integration into > mainline ? in the Blackfin world, we've been developing little > external kernel modules and adding them to our own testsuite, but > often times these things are not Blackfin

Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you*

2007-09-01 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 31 Aug 2007 17:22, Mike Frysinger pondered: is there any sort of standard for testing and integration into mainline ? in the Blackfin world, we've been developing little external kernel modules and adding them to our own testsuite, but often times these things are not Blackfin

[PATCH 1/1] fix - ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-21 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gerd Hoffmann pointed out that my patch from yesterday can lead to a null pointer dereference if the kernel is booted with no console, and no earlyprintk defined. This fixes that issue. printk.c | 10 ++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions

[PATCH 1/1] fix - ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-21 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gerd Hoffmann pointed out that my patch from yesterday can lead to a null pointer dereference if the kernel is booted with no console, and no earlyprintk defined. This fixes that issue. printk.c | 10 ++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-20 Thread Robin Getz
Try #4... (sorry) From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootc

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-20 Thread Robin Getz
Try #3... From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootconsole is unregi

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-20 Thread Robin Getz
Try #3... From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootconsole is unregistered

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-20 Thread Robin Getz
Try #4... (sorry) From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootconsole

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-19 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootconsole is unregi

[PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-19 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootconsole is unregi

Re: [PATCH 02/12] Blackfin arch: Add label to call new GPIO API

2007-08-19 Thread Robin Getz
On Sun 19 Aug 2007 17:54, David Brownell pondered: > On Saturday 18 August 2007, Robin Getz wrote: > > > I don't see how early/late makes the problem easier/worse to debug. No > > matter when you do it - the driver refuses to install (or at least > > should). > &g

Re: [PATCH 02/12] Blackfin arch: Add label to call new GPIO API

2007-08-19 Thread Robin Getz
On Sun 19 Aug 2007 17:54, David Brownell pondered: On Saturday 18 August 2007, Robin Getz wrote: I don't see how early/late makes the problem easier/worse to debug. No matter when you do it - the driver refuses to install (or at least should). If you arrange to *reliably* detect

[PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-19 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootconsole is unregistered

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ensure we don't use bootconsoles after init has been released

2007-08-19 Thread Robin Getz
From: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a followup to the cleanups for earlyprintk patch from Gerd Hoffmann http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=69331af79cf29e26d1231152a172a1a10c2df511 This ensures that a bootconsole is unregistered

Re: [PATCH 02/12] Blackfin arch: Add label to call new GPIO API

2007-08-18 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 18:34, David Brownell pondered: > On Friday 17 August 2007, Robin Getz wrote: > > On Fri 17 Aug 2007 14:24, David Brownell pondered: > > > Just for the record, this is an unusual way to use these calls. > > > > That is part of the natural evolutio

Re: [draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-18 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 18 Aug 2007 02:23, Sam Ravnborg pondered: > > > What was preventing you from just using the x86_64 code here? > > > > Some was borrowed - but not much. since we don't support vga, or > > 16550 UARTs (Blackfin has it's own on-chip UART), I don't think > > this would work. Everyone

Re: [draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-18 Thread Robin Getz
On Sat 18 Aug 2007 02:23, Sam Ravnborg pondered: What was preventing you from just using the x86_64 code here? Some was borrowed - but not much. since we don't support vga, or 16550 UARTs (Blackfin has it's own on-chip UART), I don't think this would work. Everyone implements

Re: [PATCH 02/12] Blackfin arch: Add label to call new GPIO API

2007-08-18 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 18:34, David Brownell pondered: On Friday 17 August 2007, Robin Getz wrote: On Fri 17 Aug 2007 14:24, David Brownell pondered: Just for the record, this is an unusual way to use these calls. That is part of the natural evolution of the kernel isn't it - per James's

Re: [PATCH 01/12] Blackfin arch: add peripheral resource allocation support

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 17:10, David Brownell pondered: > On the other hand, maybe you want your "typical" customer to > be more of a systems integrator than anything else. We are getting yelled at by our customers (I was on the phone yesterday), because the kernel build environment we distribute

Re: [PATCH 02/12] Blackfin arch: Add label to call new GPIO API

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 14:24, David Brownell pondered: > Just for the record, this is an unusual way to use these calls. That is part of the natural evolution of the kernel isn't it - per James's keynote at OLS - you release something, and see how people [ab]use it until it either grows, evolves,

Re: Early printk behaviour

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 17:09, Mike Frysinger pondered: > On 8/17/07, Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Something like: > > > > Index: kernel/printk.c > > === > > --- kernel/printk.

Re: Early printk behaviour

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 03:49, Gerd Hoffmann pondered: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> Hmm, sort of, although I didn't think about the case of no real console > >> replacing the early console. The intention of the patch is to have a > >> smooth handover from the boot console to the real console. And,

Re: [draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
ed by * a CPLB. This is needed to ensure we don't get double fault conditions > -> adds early_printk Index: linux-2.6.x/include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h === --- linux-2.6.x/include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h (revision 0) +++ linux-2.6.x/include/asm-blackfin/

Re: [draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 13:57, Mike Frysinger pondered: > On 8/17/07, Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +int __init disable_early_printk(void) > > +{ > > + if (!early_console_initialized) > > + return 0; > > + > >

[draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
y_printk.h === --- linux-2.6.x/include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h (revision 0) +++ linux-2.6.x/include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h (revision 0) @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +/* + * File: include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h + * Author: Robin Getz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] + * + * Created: 14Aug2007 +

[draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
-2.6.x/include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h (revision 0) +++ linux-2.6.x/include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h (revision 0) @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +/* + * File: include/asm-blackfin/early_printk.h + * Author: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] + * + * Created: 14Aug2007 + * Description

Re: [draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 13:57, Mike Frysinger pondered: On 8/17/07, Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +int __init disable_early_printk(void) +{ + if (!early_console_initialized) + return 0; + + printk(KERN_INFO Unregister %s%d\n, early_console_initialized-name

Re: [draft] Blackfin Early Printk implmentation

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
+ * Author: Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] + * + * Created: 14Aug2007 + * Description: function prototpyes for early printk + * + * Modified: + * Copyright 2004-2007 Analog Devices Inc. + * + * Bugs: Enter bugs at http://blackfin.uclinux.org/ + * + * This program is free

Re: Early printk behaviour

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 03:49, Gerd Hoffmann pondered: Mike Frysinger wrote: Hmm, sort of, although I didn't think about the case of no real console replacing the early console. The intention of the patch is to have a smooth handover from the boot console to the real console. And, yes, if no

Re: Early printk behaviour

2007-08-17 Thread Robin Getz
On Fri 17 Aug 2007 17:09, Mike Frysinger pondered: On 8/17/07, Robin Getz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something like: Index: kernel/printk.c === --- kernel/printk.c (revision 3568) +++ kernel/printk.c (working copy

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