Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755331Ab1DFVCz (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:02:55 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:45207 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751297Ab1DFVCy (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:02:54 -0400 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:02:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicolas Pitre X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home To: Alexander Holler Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Cooper Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: Remove machine type dockstar (use sheevaplug instead) In-reply-to: <1302122121-3652-3-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> Message-id: References: <1302122121-3652-1-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> <1302122121-3652-3-git-send-email-holler@ahsoftware.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 733 Lines: 21 On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, Alexander Holler wrote: > There is no need to have a different machine type for Seagate DockStars. > Remove it. > > Be aware, this patch requires a change in the bootloader to feed the > same machine type to the kernel as used for Marvell SheevaPlugs. This is therefore not a good idea to do this. If the SheevaPlug setup code can be reused as is for DockStars, then it is best to simply add an additional machine record along with the SheevaPlug one. Nicolas -- 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/