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From: Pantelis Antoniou <panto@intracom•gr>
To: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx•de>
Cc: Dan Malek <dan@embeddededge•com>,
	Tom Rini <trini@kernel•crashing.org>,
	joakim.tjernlund@lumentis•se, acurtis@directvinternet•com,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1•ibm.com>, Matt Porter <porter@cox•net>,
	linuxppc-embedded@lists•linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Regarding consistent_alloc
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:37:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DF84AD5.9090500@intracom.gr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021212081841.390C7C613A@atlas.denx.de>


Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>In message <3DF8420A.4040409@intracom•gr> you wrote:
>
>
>>They only reason that I considered the consistent() routines was
>>that the 8xx routines are unsuitable for use in modules.
>>
>>
>
>This  is  trivial  to  fix  -  just  add  the  missing  EXPORT_SYMBOL
>statements  to  arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c  ;  but be aware that the
>current implementation will leak CPM resources upon module  unload  -
>which  is probably the main reason that these symbols are not expoted
>for use in modules.
>
Yes I know, that is one the main deficiencies I'm talking about...

>
>>I will prepare a patch that deals with the inefficiencies
>>of the 8xx routines.
>>
>>
>
>Don't re-invent the wheel. There is an implementation  of  this  code
>available  in  our  kernel  source tree (linux-2.4 module in our CVS)
>which for example provides both m8xx_cpm_dpalloc / m8xx_cpm_dpfree
>
>I sent the patches to Tom Rini. Several times. I don't know why  they
>never  made  it into the official kernel source tree. [This is why we
>have to maintain our own source tree.]
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Wolfgang Denk
>
Could you please sent me these patches, since I'm behind a firewall?

But still there is the matter of the m8xx_cpm_hostalloc routines.

BTW Wolfgang have you seen my patch for the QMC? Any comments?
Please note that I had a few requests for the QMC patch directly
by people off the list, so it's not like no-one is using it...

Regards

--
Pantelis Antoniou
INTRACOM S.A. Greece


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  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-12  8:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-06 13:18 Regarding consistent_alloc Pantelis Antoniou
2002-12-06 13:23 ` Pantelis Antoniou
2002-12-06 14:25   ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-06 15:59     ` Matt Porter
2002-12-06 16:08       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-06 18:30         ` Matt Porter
2002-12-06 18:15           ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-06 18:52             ` Matt Porter
2002-12-06 19:59             ` Dan Malek
2002-12-06 22:11               ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-07  0:16         ` Paul Mackerras
2002-12-07 12:53           ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-07 16:53             ` Dan Malek
2002-12-09  9:06           ` Pantelis Antoniou
2002-12-10 17:49             ` Tom Rini
2002-12-11  3:52               ` acurtis
2002-12-11  8:57                 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-11  9:58                   ` Pantelis Antoniou
2002-12-11 14:41                     ` acurtis
2002-12-11 15:01                       ` Pantelis Antoniou
2002-12-11 15:36                         ` acurtis
2002-12-12  3:32                       ` Dan Malek
2002-12-11 14:56                     ` Tom Rini
2002-12-11 15:07                       ` Pantelis Antoniou
2002-12-12  3:41                         ` Dan Malek
2002-12-12  8:00                           ` Pantelis Antoniou
2002-12-12  8:18                             ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-12-12  8:37                               ` Pantelis Antoniou [this message]
2002-12-12 12:56                                 ` Is the preemptive kernel patch unsafe for 8xx/PPC? Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-12 18:28                                   ` Eugene Surovegin
2002-12-12 20:35                                     ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-13  4:12                                       ` acurtis
2002-12-13  6:09                                       ` Eugene Surovegin
2002-12-13  7:47                                         ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-12-16 14:41                                           ` acurtis
2002-12-13  4:08                                     ` acurtis
2002-12-12 16:53                               ` "Missing" patches (Was: Re: Regarding consistent_alloc) Tom Rini
2002-12-06 16:56       ` Regarding consistent_alloc Dan Malek
2002-12-06 18:29         ` Matt Porter
2002-12-06 19:45           ` Dan Malek
2002-12-07  0:25           ` Paul Mackerras
2002-12-06 15:54 ` Matt Porter

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