Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> * Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040324 19:48]:
> > hypertransport.c can become a noop I agree but there are systems like:
> > http://www.970eval.com/ where we will need it for the ppc.  And there
> > may be other even more interesting cases.
> > 
> > So I continue to see hypertansport.c as normative.  The rest of the
> > places as just optimizations.  Though I am completely in favor of
> > increasing the code sharing between hypertransport.c and
> > incoherent_ht.c
>
>
> I think you mean coherent_ht.c and incoherent_ht.c? 

I mean devices/hypertransport.c and northbridge/amd/amdk8/incoherent_ht.c

> hypertransport.c is
> only available for tyan boards and contains the hardcodes for link setup
> on those tyan boards. 

mainbaord/tyan/*/hypertansport.c can go away yes.  Which may
have been the original suggestion.
 
devices/hypertransport.c remain and is normative.  
If incoherent_ht.c messes or is not general enough it catches
it.

> coherent_ht.c and incoherent_ht.c are both needed
> and more than unlikely to go away, i agree.
> Correct me if I misunderstood.

Hopefully I have.  Too many pieces not enough names :)

Eric
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