On Monday 21 April 2008, Anton Vorontsov wrote: > From: J. Random Hacker > Subject: [POWERPC] cleanup board initialization code > > This patch removes vast amount of machine_arch_initcall()s that were > used to solely initialize some hardware, like this: > > qe_add_gpio_chips(); > fsl_gtm_init(); > fsl_spi_init(); > ... > > So, instead of calling this stuff from the board files, we implement > own arch_initcalls for these functions.
The way other platforms do this is to hav SOC-specific init code, and have board-specific initcalls call the relevant SOC-specific setup. Among other things that facilitates kernels that handle multiple SOCs (if they're closely-enough related). That may not be used by many distros (handhelds.org being at least a partial exception), but it certainly helps cut the number of configurations that need build-testing. - Dave _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
