Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:59:48 -0400 | From | Andres Salomon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] OLPC: Add support for calling into Open Firmware |
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:07:55 -0400 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> wrote: > >> This adds 32-bit support for calling into OFW from the kernel. It's useful > >> for querying the firmware for misc hardware information, fetching the device > >> tree, etc. > >> > >> There's potentially no reason why other platforms couldn't use this, but > >> currently OLPC is the main user of it. > >> > >> This work was originally done by Mitch Bradley. > >> > > Hm. This interface seems more than a bit ad hoc. In particular, I > *really* don't like the swapper_pg_dir hack. > > "There must be a better way." > > -hpa
I'm certainly open to suggestions.. Otherwise, I'll poke around and see if I can come up w/ something.
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