Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] Add USB to MPC8349 PB platform support | Date | Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:34:29 +0800 | From | "Li Yang-r58472" <> |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: David Brownell [mailto:david-b@pacbell.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:58 AM > To: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Hollis Blanchard; Kumar Gala; linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org; Li Yang-r58472 > Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] Add USB to MPC8349 PB platform support > > On Monday 17 July 2006 1:08 pm, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > > > > Seems to me that it's far better to have init code in the kernel than > > firmware. > > If there's a general Linux policy on the issue, I think that'd be it.
Do we have a general policy for this now? > > Plus, remember that boot firmware _can't_ always be changed/bugfixed; > sometimes it can, but not as a general rule. > > - Dave > > > > For one example, look at the x86 video card init problem > > PowerPC Linux has. It's also far easier to fix/deploy Linux code than > > firmware code, as Li observed, and on top of that it's less work for > > non-UBoot firmwares in the future. > > > > -Hollis > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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