[patch 1/8] powerpc: basic systemsim support

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Saturday 14 January 2006 02:47, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:30:34PM -0500, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > Add some support and doc files for the IBM Full System
> > Simulator and a configuration option that acts as a control
> > for the patches based on this one.
> > 
> > No code is changed in this patch, but it is required for
> > the systemsim network, block, hvc_console and cpu_idle
> > patches that are based on the infrastructure in here.
> 
> This patch is full of coding style issues on comments. It also contains
> a systemsim.txt file that's 50% marketing text. Can we keep it technical
> and relevant, or leave it out of the kernel sources, please?
> 
> I'm also not sure if the Documentation directory is the best place to
> put the TCL config file for the simulator. Shouldn't that be packaged
> with that instead of the kernel?

Yes, I guess the Documentation/systemsim directory can just be removed
from the patch. Maybe it would still be nice to have a 
Documentation/powerpc/systemsim.txt file with some very basic
instructions for building a kernel for systemsim and for downloading
the simulator itself.

	Arnd <><