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SubjectRE: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] Add USB to MPC8349 PB platform support
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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
> >
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