Wolfgang Denk wrote: >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. > Yes I know, that is one the main deficiencies I'm talking about...
> >>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 > Could you please sent me these patches, since I'm behind a firewall? But still there is the matter of the m8xx_cpm_hostalloc routines. BTW Wolfgang have you seen my patch for the QMC? Any comments? Please note that I had a few requests for the QMC patch directly by people off the list, so it's not like no-one is using it... Regards -- Pantelis Antoniou INTRACOM S.A. Greece ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
