From: Jochen Friedrich <jochen@scram•de>
To: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale•com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba•org>
Subject: Re: Please pull from 'for-2.6.27'
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:50:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48DB50E4.4050509@scram.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080924224347.GA29132@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net>
Hi Scott,
>> This isn't a regression since the stuff is new in 2.6.27. IMHO this can
>> wait until 2.6.28.
>
> It would be a bug in 2.6.27 that did not exist in 2.6.26... is there
> anything that used to use another mechanism that now uses this?
No, GPIO support on CPM1/CPM2 is new in 2.6.27. Before, dedicated platform
drivers were needed to drive hardware connected to an GPIO pin.
> That's not to say that it's necessarily critical enough this late in the
> process, but in general I'm not very comfortable with not being able to
> fix newly added code as soon as the merge window closes because it's not
> a "regression".
If i understood Linus correctly, this fix will have to wait for 2.6.28, but
then it can also enter the 2.6.27 stable series (like 2.6.27.1).
Thanks,
Jochen
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-25 8:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-12 20:47 Please pull from 'for-2.6.27' Kumar Gala
2008-09-16 14:53 ` Kumar Gala
2008-09-16 17:48 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-09-16 18:41 ` Kumar Gala
2008-09-17 10:29 ` Jochen Friedrich
2008-09-24 22:43 ` Scott Wood
2008-09-25 8:50 ` Jochen Friedrich [this message]
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