[PATCH] General CHRP/MPC5K2 Platform and drivers support - to comment

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Oct 21 00:18:12 EST 2006


On Oct 20, 2006, at 3:12 AM, Nicolas DET wrote:

> Kumar Gala wrote:
> >
> > On Oct 19, 2006, at 7:39 AM, Nicolas DET wrote:
> >
> >> This 'big' patch adds support for CHRP/MPC52xx based platform.  
> Here, this is the bPlan's Efika computer (http://www.bplan-gmbh.de/ 
> efika_spec_en.html)
> >
>
> > Some high level comments:
> > 1. lets stick with the 52xx naming, instead of 5k2
>
> Ok. Will be done
>
> > 2. PIC code needs to be updated for new interrupt model (as well  
> as remove of pt_regs)
>
> Ok.
>
> > 3. use standard kernel debug macros
>
> Loads of changes in the pipe line ;-)
>
> > 4. look at replacing sram_allocator w/rheap
> >
>
> This SRAM allocator is the exact same from the original Linux one.  
> In fact, it is the original one. Would it be possible to accept  
> this code as it is and schedule rheap integration later ?

I dont follow, what do you mean by 'original Linux one' ?

> > if you repost the patch broken up into driver and platform bits  
> it will be easier to provide more detailed comments.
>
> Ok. I'm alraedy working on it since I post the first one :-) .  
> Thank you very much for your comments. I hope to re submit a much  
> better patch today.
>
> Regads
> <nd.vcf>




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