[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: RAPIDIO: include more rapidio-related content

2019-05-03 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Add missing RAPIDIO-related files and directories to MAINTAINERS entry. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5c38f21aee78..1bd2f95c0df6 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -13020,6 +13020,16 @@ M: Matt Porter M: Alexandre

Re: [RESEND PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: at24: Add address-width property

2018-07-05 Thread Robert P. J. Day
/at24.txt | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring "... should be added the compatible field ..."?? rday -- Robert P. J. Day

Re: [RESEND PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: at24: Add address-width property

2018-07-05 Thread Robert P. J. Day
/at24.txt | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring "... should be added the compatible field ..."?? rday -- Robert P. J. Day

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] drm/tinydrm: new dirver for ILI9341 displays

2018-05-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
"dirver"?

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] drm/tinydrm: new dirver for ILI9341 displays

2018-05-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
"dirver"?

[PATCH] PPS: Use surrounding "if PPS" to remove numerous dependency checks

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Adding high-level "if PPS" makes lower-level dependency tests superfluous. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> --- since this actually changed functional code, i wanted to submit it separately. seems to be equivalent, unless i screwed something up. diff

[PATCH] PPS: Use surrounding "if PPS" to remove numerous dependency checks

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Adding high-level "if PPS" makes lower-level dependency tests superfluous. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- since this actually changed functional code, i wanted to submit it separately. seems to be equivalent, unless i screwed something up. diff --git a/drivers/pps/Kconfig

[PATCH v2] PPS: Aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
e/linux/pps_kernel.h | 16 +++- include/uapi/linux/pps.h | 4 ++-- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +- 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> --- sorry,

[PATCH v2] PPS: Aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
e/linux/pps_kernel.h | 16 +++- include/uapi/linux/pps.h | 4 ++-- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +- 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- sorry, forgot to add subsystem &quo

[PATCH] Aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
e/linux/pps_kernel.h | 16 +++- include/uapi/linux/pps.h | 4 ++-- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +- 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> --- any oth

[PATCH] Aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
e/linux/pps_kernel.h | 16 +++- include/uapi/linux/pps.h | 4 ++-- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +- 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- any other changes worth thr

Re: [PATCH 5/7] gpio: use class_groups instead of class_attrs

2017-06-08 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > The class_attrs pointer is long depreciated, and is about to be finally ^^^ deprecated rday -- ==== Robert P. J.

Re: [PATCH 5/7] gpio: use class_groups instead of class_attrs

2017-06-08 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > The class_attrs pointer is long depreciated, and is about to be finally ^^^ deprecated rday -- ==== Robert P. J.

[PATCH] KBUILD: Drop exporting an empty irqnr.h.

2012-08-29 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Since the content of irqnr.h is entirely wrapped in a __KERNEL__ test, drop exporting it, and remove the single include of that header from random.h. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/include/linux/Kbuild b/include/linux/Kbuild index fa21760..b9de555 100644 --- a/include/linux

[PATCH] KBUILD: Drop exporting an empty irqnr.h.

2012-08-29 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Since the content of irqnr.h is entirely wrapped in a __KERNEL__ test, drop exporting it, and remove the single include of that header from random.h. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca --- diff --git a/include/linux/Kbuild b/include/linux/Kbuild index fa21760..b9de555 100644

[PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Numerous pedantic cleanups, nothing major.

2012-07-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- while i was perusing CodingStyle, i did some tidying up along the way. i won't take it personally if someone decides not to bother with this, it's all pretty minor. this is all independent of the earlier macro explanation. diff --git a/Documentation

[PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Numerous pedantic cleanups, nothing major.

2012-07-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca --- while i was perusing CodingStyle, i did some tidying up along the way. i won't take it personally if someone decides not to bother with this, it's all pretty minor. this is all independent of the earlier macro explanation. diff

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Mention multi-line macros using expressions

2012-07-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 13:32 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > [] > > diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle > [] > > +A newer technique is to use the GCC extension of being able to place > > +

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Mention multi-line macros using expressions

2012-07-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012, Joe Perches wrote: On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 13:32 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: [] diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle [] +A newer technique is to use the GCC extension of being able to place +statements and declarations in an expression

[PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Mention multi-line macros using expressions

2012-07-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Since defining multi-line macros using statements and declarations in expressions is fairly common in the kernel, add this to CodingStyle. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index cb9258b..7eb0734 100644 --- a/Documentation

[PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Mention multi-line macros using expressions

2012-07-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Since defining multi-line macros using statements and declarations in expressions is fairly common in the kernel, add this to CodingStyle. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca --- diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index cb9258b..7eb0734 100644

Re: is "pci_find_subsys" safe to remove?

2008-02-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 05:15:25PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > it's not just that it falls under the category of PCI "legacy" but, > > if you look in drivers/pci/search.c near the bottom: > >

[PATCH] Generalize asm-generic/ioctl.h to allow overriding values.

2008-02-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- i'm not sure what kernel subsystem this falls under. this change should not affect anything in the kernel, and the corresponding ioctl.h headers can be tweaked sometime down the road. diff --git a/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h b/inclu

[PATCH] Generalize asm-generic/ioctl.h to allow overriding values.

2008-02-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- i'm not sure what kernel subsystem this falls under. this change should not affect anything in the kernel, and the corresponding ioctl.h headers can be tweaked sometime down the road. diff --git a/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h b/include/asm

Re: is pci_find_subsys safe to remove?

2008-02-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 05:15:25PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: it's not just that it falls under the category of PCI legacy but, if you look in drivers/pci/search.c near the bottom: ... #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY EXPORT_SYMBOL

is "pci_find_subsys" safe to remove?

2008-02-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
orted even *if* you select PCI_LEGACY. i'm guessing that's an oversight but it would certainly suggest that no one can possibly be using it, no? rday -- ======== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry

is pci_find_subsys safe to remove?

2008-02-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
select PCI_LEGACY. i'm guessing that's an oversight but it would certainly suggest that no one can possibly be using it, no? rday -- Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom

Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove "obsolete" digiepca content.

2008-02-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 02/09/2008 10:45 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > Remove the Digi Intl. epca driver for Linux, which is marked as > > "obsolete." > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >

Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove obsolete digiepca content.

2008-02-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote: On 02/09/2008 10:45 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: Remove the Digi Intl. epca driver for Linux, which is marked as obsolete. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- this is a quick, first pass at a removal. feel free to suggest

Re: [PATCH] linux/hdsmart.h: fix goofups

2008-02-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:17:20 EST, "Robert P. J. Day" said: > > > if that header file isn't used by any kernel code, why bother having a > > check for __KERNEL__ in the first place? it's being exported to > > user

Re: [PATCH] linux/hdsmart.h: fix goofups

2008-02-18 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:17:20 EST, Robert P. J. Day said: if that header file isn't used by any kernel code, why bother having a check for __KERNEL__ in the first place? it's being exported to userspace unchecked: include/linux

Re: [PATCH] linux/hdsmart.h: fix goofups

2008-02-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Sunday 17 February 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:40:31PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > On Sunday 17 February 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2

Re: [PATCH] linux/hdsmart.h: fix goofups

2008-02-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > Fix goofups of commit 76166952bbc81dda1c8a8c14e75a2aa06f6c052c > (" is not used by kernel code"). > > Reported-by: "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz &

Re: [PATCH] linux/hdsmart.h: fix goofups

2008-02-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: Fix goofups of commit 76166952bbc81dda1c8a8c14e75a2aa06f6c052c (linux/hdsmart.h is not used by kernel code). Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- include/linux

Re: [PATCH] linux/hdsmart.h: fix goofups

2008-02-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On Sunday 17 February 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:40:31PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On Sunday 17 February 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote

Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:44:27AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: > > > > > OK. Well all of your hits for 405EX, 440GRX, 440SPe, and > > > WANT_DEVICE_TREE in arch/powerpc

Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
release, it's not like it's a burden. and if people want to ignore it, that's fine, too. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have cla

Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:07:27AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:56:34 -0500 (EST) > > > "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

list of references to non-existent include/linux headers

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:56:34 -0500 (EST) > "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > now that 2.6.25-rc1 is out, i can start updating the output from > > my scanning scripts. the first updated output is the li

bad CONFIG variable references in *Makefiles*

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
anywhere. you get the idea. there are only a couple dozen of these. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca

Re: Tests of undefined CONFIG variables.

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Paul Mundt wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 05:54:12AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i've also updated the list of what i call "badref" CONFIG variables > > -- that is, tests of CONFIG_ variables that appear to be undefined > > an

Tests of undefined CONFIG variables.

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
bles rday -- ======== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontar

Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Paul Mundt wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:56:34AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > latest output here, sorted by architecture: > > > > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Unused_CONFIG_variables > > > > as always, there will

latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Tests of undefined CONFIG variables.

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: Tests of undefined CONFIG variables.

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Paul Mundt wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 05:54:12AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: i've also updated the list of what i call badref CONFIG variables -- that is, tests of CONFIG_ variables that appear to be undefined anywhere in a Kconfig file (which typically

bad CONFIG variable references in *Makefiles*

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
anywhere. you get the idea. there are only a couple dozen of these. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca

Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:56:34 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now that 2.6.25-rc1 is out, i can start updating the output from my scanning scripts. the first updated output is the list of currently unused Kconfig variables

Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:07:27AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:56:34 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now that 2.6.25-rc1 is out, i can start updating

list of references to non-existent include/linux headers

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: latest list of unused Kconfig variables

2008-02-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:44:27AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: OK. Well all of your hits for 405EX, 440GRX, 440SPe, and WANT_DEVICE_TREE in arch/powerpc seem bogus. I dunno if you prune those when

can "__setup_null_param" be tossed?

2008-02-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
ous. rday -- ======== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook:http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedor

can __setup_null_param be tossed?

2008-02-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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some questions about generated headers

2008-02-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
that should do for now. rday -- ================ Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook:ht

[PATCH][RFC] Remove manual definition and subsequent testing of BUILD_CRAMDISK.

2008-02-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Remove the explicit definition, and subsequent superfluous testing, of BUILD CRAMDISK. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- is there any point to this brute-force setting anymore? just curious. diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c index ed652f4..5

digi driver removable?

2008-02-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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digi driver removable?

2008-02-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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[PATCH][RFC] Remove manual definition and subsequent testing of BUILD_CRAMDISK.

2008-02-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Remove the explicit definition, and subsequent superfluous testing, of BUILD CRAMDISK. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- is there any point to this brute-force setting anymore? just curious. diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c index ed652f4..54156e9

some questions about generated headers

2008-02-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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legacy power management to disappear as well?

2008-02-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

2008-02-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
ss it's already working its way thru the system. rday -- ================ Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook:

Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

2008-02-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Harvey Harrison wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 20:54 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > yes, i realize i'm sounding like a broken record but,

Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

2008-02-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Harvey Harrison wrote: On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 20:54 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: Hi, On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: yes, i realize i'm sounding like a broken record but, once again, Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

legacy power management to disappear as well?

2008-02-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

2008-02-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

2008-02-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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feature-removal-schedule.txt is getting out of date again

2008-02-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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any point in running the kernel cleanup scripts now?

2008-02-01 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove obsolete fd1772.h header file.

2008-02-01 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Given that the entire drivers/acorn/block/ directory no longer exists (which included fd1772.c), there seems to be little reason to keep this unreferenced header file. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff --git a/include/linux/fd1772.h b/include/linux/fd1772.h d

what constitutes an "unused" include/linux header file?

2008-02-01 Thread Robert P. J. Day
rs, but is it really the responsibility of the kernel to be a helpful storage centre to make userspace programming easier? just curious. (that's not the only header file like that.) rday -- ================ Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training

[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove obsolete fd1772.h header file.

2008-02-01 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Given that the entire drivers/acorn/block/ directory no longer exists (which included fd1772.c), there seems to be little reason to keep this unreferenced header file. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff --git a/include/linux/fd1772.h b/include/linux/fd1772.h deleted

what constitutes an unused include/linux header file?

2008-02-01 Thread Robert P. J. Day
the responsibility of the kernel to be a helpful storage centre to make userspace programming easier? just curious. (that's not the only header file like that.) rday -- Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel

any point in running the kernel cleanup scripts now?

2008-02-01 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
t *logical* partition changes. or something sort of like that. rday -- ============ Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://cr

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
directory tree? i would try "partprobe". rday -- ================ Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://cr

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
try partprobe. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook:http

Re: Possibly silly Q?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
an get the overall idea. new sections should be appearing there as the morning progresses. rday ==== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcou

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
the overall idea. new sections should be appearing there as the morning progresses. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Dieter Ries wrote: > Robert P. J. Day schrieb: > > just to be clear, i'm not complaining about the quality of the > > document above, but when i got started with git, what i really > > wanted was a list of what i (as a simple, non-developer user) >

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > > Another year, another update! :) > > > > > > The kernel hacker's guide to git has received some updates: > &

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
me changes to the tree, do a diff, and submit a patch. but in the beginning, they won't be making commits or switching branches, etc. in short, i can see the value of something like a "getting started with git as a basic user" tutorial. does such a thing exist? rday -- ==============

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
, they won't be making commits or switching branches, etc. in short, i can see the value of something like a getting started with git as a basic user tutorial. does such a thing exist? rday -- Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: Another year, another update! :) The kernel hacker's guide to git has received some updates: http://linux.yyz.us/git-howto.html This includes all the input sent

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2007-12-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Dieter Ries wrote: Robert P. J. Day schrieb: just to be clear, i'm not complaining about the quality of the document above, but when i got started with git, what i really wanted was a list of what i (as a simple, non-developer user) could do once i cloned

Re: [RFC] kobject/kset/ktype documentation and example code updated

2007-12-20 Thread Robert P. J. Day
what happens to the kobject when it is > created and destroyed. i doubt that. i wouldn't say that the ktype "controls" what happens, i would say that it "defines" what happens. to control suggests active participation. rday ================

Re: [RFC] kobject/kset/ktype documentation and example code updated

2007-12-20 Thread Robert P. J. Day
it is created and destroyed. i doubt that. i wouldn't say that the ktype controls what happens, i would say that it defines what happens. to control suggests active participation. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting

should all THREAD_SIZE macros be defined in thread_info.h headers?

2007-12-12 Thread Robert P. J. Day
de/asm-m32r/processor.h:#define THREAD_SIZE (2*PAGE_SIZE) include/asm-m68k/page.h:#define THREAD_SIZE (8192) all other arches seem to define that in their respective thread_info.h headers. rday ==== Robert P. J. Day Linux Cons

should all THREAD_SIZE macros be defined in thread_info.h headers?

2007-12-12 Thread Robert P. J. Day
-m32r/processor.h:#define THREAD_SIZE (2*PAGE_SIZE) include/asm-m68k/page.h:#define THREAD_SIZE (8192) all other arches seem to define that in their respective thread_info.h headers. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting

Re: The use of KOBJ_NAME_LEN

2007-12-04 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 01:50:53AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Dave Young wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > Does the KOBJ_NAME_LEN really means the limit of kobject name length? > > > seems no

Re: The use of KOBJ_NAME_LEN

2007-12-04 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Greg KH wrote: On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 01:50:53AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Dave Young wrote: Hi, Does the KOBJ_NAME_LEN really means the limit of kobject name length? seems not . And if it's true, is the KOBJ_NAME_LEN of 20 enough

kernel newbies list?

2007-12-03 Thread Robert P. J. Day
does anyone know what's happened with the KN list? it seems to have gone utterly dead for the last day or so. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http

Re: The use of KOBJ_NAME_LEN

2007-12-03 Thread Robert P. J. Day
that @kobj->k_name points to. Otherwise, use the static > * @kobj->name array. > */ the comment seems fairly clear -- if the name is sufficiently short, it's stored in the static array. if not, then it's stored in dynamically allocated space. rday ============

Re: The use of KOBJ_NAME_LEN

2007-12-03 Thread Robert P. J. Day
* @kobj-name array. */ the comment seems fairly clear -- if the name is sufficiently short, it's stored in the static array. if not, then it's stored in dynamically allocated space. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting

kernel newbies list?

2007-12-03 Thread Robert P. J. Day
does anyone know what's happened with the KN list? it seems to have gone utterly dead for the last day or so. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http

any value in centralizing common 32/64 x86 content in vmlinux.lds.S?

2007-12-02 Thread Robert P. J. Day
of the niggling differences between some of that content between the two files. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca

any value in centralizing common 32/64 x86 content in vmlinux.lds.S?

2007-12-02 Thread Robert P. J. Day
of the niggling differences between some of that content between the two files. rday Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca

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