Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:02:27 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Updating our sn code in 2.6 |
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 08:55:10PM -0600, Pat Gefre wrote: > + Well, the pci-reorg patch is just wrong with tht remaining stuff > + and breaks the portable I/O code for IP27 and SN2 I'm working on. > > I have not heard any compelling reasons for keeping non-ia64, non-Altix > code in the ia64, Altix code base. The code re-org is aimed towards a > new ASIC we are working on - we feel it is needed.
Again, you can reorganize code as much as you want. Just don't change macro names randomly. And the reason is once again that there will be a code drop supporting SN2 and IP27 in the same codebase soon, going the usual linux way of architecture-independant drivers for common hardware.
> + issues before merging, it's not that much anyway.. > > I think I did. I sent another email with the changes I made for the > issues you raised - and updated the patches. If I missed any, please > let me know.
Ok, I haven't looked at that yet.
> David or Andrew can you take these patches ?
Please backpourt the renaming first.
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