Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753394AbYL0Azz (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:55:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752270AbYL0Azq (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:55:46 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:33901 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752084AbYL0Azq (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:55:46 -0500 Message-ID: <49557CEA.4030109@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:55:06 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: Alessandro Zummo , lkml , rpurdie@rpsys.net, Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH] Soekris net5501 board support code References: <20081226022602.342db591@i1501.lan.towertech.it> <20081226164156.371a8b14.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20081226164156.371a8b14.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1283 Lines: 33 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:26:02 +0100 Alessandro Zummo wrote: > >> This patch detects the net5501 board and instantiates the >> correct platform devices (GPIO and leds). >> >> Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo >> >> --- >> arch/x86/Kconfig | 9 +++ >> arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 1 >> arch/x86/kernel/soekris.c | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > You might want to tell the x86 maintainers about this :) The current consensus (to the extent that one exists) seems to be that platform device drivers belong in drivers[/platform]/x86, instead of in arch/x86. drivers/platform doesn't exist in the current -linus tree, but Len Brown has patches to do it which should be pushed upstream in this merge window. In the meantime, use the old name drivers/misc (a misnomer today, but won't be for much longer.) -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/