>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org> writes:
Paul> I am becoming increasingly concerned about the quality, or
Paul> lack of it, of the 4xx code generally. I think we need
Paul> someone who has a good amount of experience in Linux kernel
Paul> coding to go through all the 4xx code and clean it up and
Paul> simplify it where possible. I know that the 4xx family have
Paul> quirks (e.g. DCRs) which make it difficult in places to do
Paul> things simply, but with a bit of creativity we can make the
Paul> code clearer and simpler than it is at the moment.
Sounds great! I don't have the time (or the kernel hacking cred,
probably) to do much more than cheer you on, unfortunately. However I
would suggest that you start by proposing a design before you start
moving code around. I definitely agree that there is far too much
duplicated and confusing code, but I don't think things will improve
without a clear articulation of what belongs where (ie what goes in
include/asm-ppc/, arch/ppc/platforms/, arch/ppc/kernel/ etc., and what
the difference is between 4xx.h, 405.h, 405gp.h)
Best,
Roland
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