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From: ben@decadent•org.uk (Ben Hutchings)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] FEC: Add time stamping code and a PTP hardware clock
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:53:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121219155319.GP13292@decadent.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121218070420.GA2946@netboy.at.omicron.at>

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 08:04:20AM +0100, Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 09:02:32PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > This leaves an option in the tree which can be used to break FEC on
> > i.MX3/5.
> > 
> > 	depends on !SOC_IMX31 && !SOC_IMX35 && !SOC_IMX5
> > 
> > might be an option, but given that this patch seems to have bypassed any
> > review I feel more like reverting it.
> 
> Instead of reverting, I suggest finding a solution (Frank) to let the
> code work when it can work and to prevent it when it cannot. This
> could be kconfig, DT, or run time probing of silicon revisions, but I
> don't have access to this hardware, and so I can't really say how to
> fix it.
[...]

Please implement run-time probing.  A different configuration for
each SoC is just not sustainable for distributions.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
                                                              - Albert Camus

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-19 15:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-31  4:25 [PATCH 4/4] FEC: Add time stamping code and a PTP hardware clock Frank Li
2012-11-02  9:19 ` Richard Cochran
2012-11-06  1:36   ` Frank Li
2012-12-17  9:13 ` Sascha Hauer
2012-12-17 14:48   ` Frank Li
2012-12-17 15:14     ` Shawn Guo
2012-12-17 20:02       ` Sascha Hauer
2012-12-18  7:04         ` Richard Cochran
2012-12-18  8:51           ` Frank Li
2012-12-19 15:53           ` Ben Hutchings [this message]

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