Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:59:39 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hvc_dcc : add support to armv4 and armv5 core |
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On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:33:51 +0100 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:29:04PM +0200, Matthieu CASTET wrote: > > Alan Cox a écrit : > > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:21:56 +0200 > > > Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > >> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Castet <matthieu.castet@parrot.com> > > >> --- > > >> drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_dcc.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >> 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) > > > > > > This is a step in the wrong direction. This should all be runtime handled > > > > > > NAK. > > > > > > > AFAIK you can't build a arm kernel that support arm6/armv7 and armv5. > > And I am not sure it will be possible one day. > > There are no plans to ever make it possible; there are too many significant > differences between ARMv4, v5 architectures and ARMv6,v7 architectures > to warrant making this runtime selectable.
Then bury this crap in platform files please not in the drivers/tty layer code. Make it a platform driver provided callback or something.
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