READ THIS: the next mach-types update
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Fri Sep 16 22:51:56 EDT 2011
On 08:31 Fri 16 Sep , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 04:50:22PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > On 11:25 Thu 15 Sep , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > I'm going to be merging a mach-types update (the cut-down and the
> > > policy-conforming version) for the next merge window. This will mean
> > > that things WILL BREAK, and I will not notice that things have broken.
> > >
> > > In order to fix this, entries need to be fixed to conform to the
> > > requirements - where the machine_is_xxx() name is the same as the
> > > MACH_TYPE_xxx name and the CONFIG_MACH_xxx name too.
> > >
> > > Moreover, entries older than 12 months which have not been merged will
> > > be removed. It is not possible to automatically check for machine_is_xxx()
> > > usages as these could conflict with other architectures, and I'm
> > > certainly NOT checking for them by hand (I estimate that'd take a
> > > significant amount of manual effort to do.) What that means is that it
> > > is _important_ to get the core platform support in _first_ before any
> > > drivers which may make use of this.
> > >
> > > The following will be deleted from the file this time around are:
> > > -ts_x09 MACH_TS209 TS209 1565
> > > -at572d940hfek MACH_AT572D940HFEB AT572D940HFEB 1783
> > can be dropped the at572d940hfek as the at572d940hf is drop from mainline
> >
> > Russell an you confirm you will re-add the usb-a9g20 and the folowing one
> >
> > usb_a9g20 MACH_USB_A9G20 USB_A9G20 1841
> > qil_a9g20 MACH_QIL_A9G20 QIL_A9G20 1844
> > tny_a9260 MACH_TNY_A9260 TNY_A9260 2058
> > tny_a9g20 MACH_TNY_A9G20 TNY_A9G20 2059
> > tny_a9263 MACH_TNY_A9263 TNY_A9263 2140
>
> Here's the two relevent question:
> 1. have they been submitted or edited within the last 12 months? No.
> 2. are they merged into mainline? No.
>
> So will they be in the update? No.
agreed but I've receive the hardware just recently so I add them one by one
the usb_a9g20 is the first and already in Arnd tree
so If you can re-add the otherone it will be nice
they will come soon
Best Regards,
J.
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