mpc8xxx_gpio.c on mpc8349e-mitx
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at sunsite.dk
Mon Dec 22 20:02:33 EST 2008
>>>>> "Steve" == Steve DeLaney <onramp123 at yahoo.com> writes:
Hi,
Steve> We are currently working on LTIB toolchain, and are upgrading
Steve> a GPIO driver on MPC8349E-MITX platform.
Steve> This has taken us to the latest kernel 2.6.27.10
Steve> we ran across a patch on ozlabs patchwork that looks like it should
Steve> work for us, and we thank you first of all for the contribution.
You're welcome.
Steve> The topic here pertains to how various distros are related
Steve> Sorry for this basic question but it will help us better understand
Steve> the best path for our development.
Steve> in ozlabs patchwork Sep 21 08 is what appears to be the original
Steve> implementation of GPIO support.
Steve> In the denx git there is arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpc8xxx_gpio.c, so it looks
Steve> like the ozlabs GPIO support made it into the denx distro.
More importantly, it's included in the mainline kernel.org kernel
since 2.6.28-rc1
Steve> mpc8xxx_gpio.c is not present in the kernel.org 2.6.27.10 distro.
Steve> But is is likely that mpc8xxx_gpio.c will eventually go upstream to
Steve> kernel.org?
It is. 2.6.28 is scheduled to release any moment now.
Steve> Just also curious what are the primary powerpc contributions,
Steve> such as denx, freescale, others??
It's basically all over the map. I wrote the gpio driver and I'm not
involved with any of those.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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