Rewrite of ofpath

[Rick Thomas]

Joseph,

I've looked over your rewrite of ofpath, and I must say that I'm  
impressed.  The code is clear, straightforward, and easy to follow.   
There may still be bugs (I'm not enough of a Linux kernel or Open  
Firmware guru to tell if it crosses all the "t"s and dots all the  
"i"s) but if there are, they will be easy to fix within the structure  
of your design.

With all the interest in PowerPC Debian expressed recently -- a half- 
dozen folks expressing interest is a veritable throng compared to the  
crickets I've been listening to in response to my patches for ybin --  
we may yet be able to get this accepted in time to save PowerPC for  
Squeeze!

Good work!

Rick

On Sep 16, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The new macio pata drivers do not make an entry in /proc/scsi like  
> other
> scsi devices and as a result, ofpath screws up pretty badly when  
> trying
> to figure out the open firmware path for these devices. Other pata
> drivers are probably also hit with the same issue, but this is all  
> I've
> got to test on at the moment.
>
> In any case, I've rewritten ofpath to take this into account and clean
> up some of the cruft from the old version. I've only tested it on a
> Powerbook G4 and a Quad G5, so I don't expect it'll work for everyone,
> but I'd appreciate feedback either way.
>
> Thanks!
> -Joe
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