In message <3DF8420A.4040409 at intracom.gr> you wrote:
>
> They only reason that I considered the consistent() routines was
> that the 8xx routines are unsuitable for use in modules.
This is trivial to fix - just add the missing EXPORT_SYMBOL
statements to arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c ; but be aware that the
current implementation will leak CPM resources upon module unload -
which is probably the main reason that these symbols are not expoted
for use in modules.
> I will prepare a patch that deals with the inefficiencies
> of the 8xx routines.
Don't re-invent the wheel. There is an implementation of this code
available in our kernel source tree (linux-2.4 module in our CVS)
which for example provides both m8xx_cpm_dpalloc / m8xx_cpm_dpfree
I sent the patches to Tom Rini. Several times. I don't know why they
never made it into the official kernel source tree. [This is why we
have to maintain our own source tree.]
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
--
Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux
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- Casper.Dik at Holland.Sun.COM in <3ol96k$b2j at engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>
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