Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:54:25 +0200 | From | Jean Delvare <> | Subject | Re: f71805f arch dependencies? |
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:27:51 +0300 (EEST), Meelis Roos wrote: > > > Indeed, it seems commit 746cdfbf01c0a30d59f6e1b6942d432658d7c7cd > > > ("hwmon: Avoid building drivers for powerpc that read/write ISA addresses") > > > was a bit too limited... > > > > I am fine extending that commit to other architectures. Now the > > question is, do we just add SPARC64 to the exception list, or do we > > restrict these drivers to X86? I know they are mostly used on X86, but > > I have no proof they aren't used on other architectures. That's why > > Dean and myself decided to play it safe at first and only exclude PPC. > > > > Apparently other drivers (e.g. watchdog drivers) for similar chips are > > limited to X86 so we might as well do the same here. And see if anybody > > complains... > > > > Meelis, do you feel like sending a patch, or do you prefer if I take > > care of it? > > I can send a patch in a couple of days, but I do not know either wihich > way is better. > > What other architectures can use the ISA-IO style LPC - probably quite > several if hardware has been made (but it probably hasn't)?
I just don't know, this is the problem.
-- Jean Delvare
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