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From: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am•sony.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom•com>
Cc: Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org>, olof@lixom•net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] [POWERPC] Use new machine_xxx_initcall hooks in platform code
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:59:55 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4755BFCB.9010502@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0712041442530.12181@pademelon.sonytel.be>

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Grant Likely wrote:
>> On 12/4/07, Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom•com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Grant Likely wrote:
>> > > From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab•ca>
>> > >
>> > > This patch makes the platform code use the new machine-specific initcall
>> > > hooks.  This has the advantage of not needing to explicitly test
>> > > machine_is() at the top of every initcall function.
>> >
>> > You seem to have missed the PS3 *_initcall()s.
>> > Probably because they test for firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_PS3_LV1) instead
>> > of machine_is(ps3).
>> 
>> That's exactly why; I didn't know if 'machine_is(ps3)' was a suitable
>> substitute so I left it alone.
> 
> I think it's OK. But...
> 
> Geoff: is there any specific reason why you used
> firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_PS3_LV1)?

As Arnd pointed out, the code in the firmware_has_feature() conditional
will be removed by the optimizer when the kernel is built without support
for that feature.  This then gives a multi-platform binary that has only
the code for the sub-set of features the user selected. 

-Geoff 

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-04 21:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-02  6:10 [PATCH v2 1/2] [POWERPC] Add machine initcall macros Grant Likely
2007-12-02  6:10 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] [POWERPC] Use new machine_xxx_initcall hooks in platform code Grant Likely
2007-12-02  6:17   ` Grant Likely
2007-12-02 19:15   ` Olof Johansson
2007-12-04 12:23   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-12-04 13:36     ` Grant Likely
2007-12-04 13:43       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-12-04 20:59         ` Geoff Levand [this message]
2007-12-04 14:21       ` Grant Likely
2007-12-04 19:35         ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-12-04 20:31           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-12-04 21:52             ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-12-04 22:05             ` Arnd Bergmann

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