On 1/9/08, Matt Sealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, I'm still inclined to pick up Olaf's patch with the > > appropriate protections around it so it is only done if the nodes are > > missing. > > Eh.. yeah. Maybe. Seems like a cop-out to me. I would rather you removed > the patch and called us a bunch of idiots for coding bad firmware, than > have the fixups be dependant on what could turn into a very well coded > but essentially screen-long list of fixups for myriad firmware versions > where the properties may or may not be present or correct for various > firmware versions and devices.
I've come to the conclusion that Postel knew what he was talking about; "Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others." :-) I 100% agree that this stuff is better done in firmware. However, until that stuff is in place; it is 100% reasonable and desirable to work around it in prom_init. That being said, I will modify prom_init to not blindly apply fixups if they have already been done in firmware. > Grant, are you any good at coding firmware-level stuff without utilizing > any preexisting code under the GPL? I'd like to collaborate on an installer > tool which can put efika.forth (and therefore all these fixes) in. I'm good at firmware stuff, but time comes at a premium. This level of work would require a contract arrangement between our two companies. Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev