From: Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa•com>
To: Sven Luther <sven@genesi-usa•com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org, Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle•de>
Subject: Re: add phy-handle property for fec_mpc52xx
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:36:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4784F803.9030003@genesi-usa.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080109162923.GA6290@powerlinux.fr>
Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 04:30:13PM +0000, Matt Sealey wrote:
>> Sven Luther wrote:
>>> Let's just fix this in the kernel, until we get a fixed efika firmware,
>>> then we can drop it easily enough. But until this happens, we need to be
>>> able to boot the kernel without any extra work on the users part.
>> That is exactly why I don't like the idea. Yes, it makes it easier for users
>> and easier for distro managers to say "it supports the Efika" but it makes
>> the Forth fixing, and any further firmware development (ignore the lack of
>> releases, it means nothing) much harder.
>
> efika firmware development is dead. Until we see a release we should
> assume that the efika is a firmware with breakage, and no upstream
The link that Olaf presented, www.powerdeveloper.org/asset/by-id/46 *is*
the upstream support for now. What his patch does is say, the upstream
support exists, but we don't like it, so we will supplement the patch..
--
Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa•com>
Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-09 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-09 14:06 add phy-handle property for fec_mpc52xx Olaf Hering
2008-01-09 14:44 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-09 14:49 ` Sven Luther
2008-01-09 14:50 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-09 14:58 ` Sven Luther
2008-01-09 15:34 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-09 15:21 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-09 15:20 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-09 15:21 ` Sven Luther
2008-01-09 15:10 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-09 15:26 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-09 15:35 ` Sven Luther
2008-01-09 16:30 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-09 16:29 ` Sven Luther
2008-01-09 16:36 ` Matt Sealey [this message]
2008-01-09 17:05 ` Sven Luther
2008-01-09 17:17 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-09 17:22 ` Sven Luther
2008-01-09 15:46 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-09 16:35 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-09 16:44 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-09 15:49 ` David Woodhouse
2008-01-09 16:48 ` Matt Sealey
2008-01-10 2:21 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-01-10 5:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-01-10 9:14 ` David Woodhouse
2008-01-09 16:02 ` Olof Johansson
2008-01-09 16:26 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-10 2:20 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-01-10 11:47 ` Olaf Hering
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