Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757691Ab1CaNjy (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:39:54 -0400 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:55323 "EHLO linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752620Ab1CaNjx (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:39:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:39:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Linus Torvalds cc: Bill Gatliff , Russell King - ARM Linux , Arnd Bergmann , Tony Lindgren , David Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Nicolas Pitre , Catalin Marinas Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] omap changes for v2.6.39 merge window In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20110317183048.GW7258@atomide.com> <20110318101512.GA15375@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <201103301906.42429.arnd@arndb.de> <20110331001502.GB6680@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1463795968-327262446-1301574738=:22418" Content-ID: X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1553 Lines: 44 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1463795968-327262446-1301574738=:22418 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Bill Gatliff wrote: > > > > I'm not sure this metric is completely fair to ARM. ?If you want to > > level the field, I think you have to divide each result by the number > > of SoC's > > But that's the problem with ARM. Hardware companies that do one-off > stuff, with no sense of compatibility. > > And calling it an "opportunity" is just stupid. > > There's nothing good about causing extra work just because ARM hasn't > had the sense to standardize on one (or a couple) of interrupt > controllers etc. Well, ARM is not the only one there, it's the top one, but mips and power are not less crazy. Here are the top five architectures counted in number of irq_chip implementations. arch/arm 139 arch/mips 75 arch/powerpc 44 arch/alpha 21 arch/x86 15 Thanks, tglx ---1463795968-327262446-1301574738=:22418-- -- 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/