[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2011-03-14 Thread Rob Clark
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Marcus Lorentzon wrote: > On 03/12/2011 04:59 PM, Rob Clark wrote: >> >> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Daniel Vetter ?wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: >>> This doesn't seem that different from the graphics

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2011-03-14 Thread Marcus Lorentzon
On 03/12/2011 04:59 PM, Rob Clark wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: >> >>> This doesn't seem that different from the graphics chips we support >>> with kms. I don't think it would require much

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2011-03-14 Thread Rob Clark
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Marcus Lorentzon wrote: > On 03/12/2011 04:59 PM, Rob Clark wrote: >> >> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Daniel Vetter  wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: >>> This doesn't seem that different from the graphics

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2011-03-14 Thread Marcus Lorentzon
On 03/12/2011 04:59 PM, Rob Clark wrote: On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote: On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: This doesn't seem that different from the graphics chips we support with kms. I don't think it would require much work to use K

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2011-03-12 Thread Rob Clark
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: >> This doesn't seem that different from the graphics chips we support >> with kms. ?I don't think it would require much work to use KMS. ?One >> thing we considered, but never ende

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2011-03-12 Thread Rob Clark
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: >> This doesn't seem that different from the graphics chips we support >> with kms.  I don't think it would require much work to use KMS.  One >> thing we considered, but never ende

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-17 Thread Marcus Lorentzon
On 12/17/2010 12:22 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >>> * When I talk about a bus, I mean 'struct bus_type', which identifies >>> all devices with a uniform bus interface to their parent device >>> (think: PCI, USB, I2C). You seem to think of a bus as a specific >>> instance of that bus type,

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-17 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Thursday 16 December 2010 19:26:37 Marcus Lorentzon wrote: > On 11/26/2010 12:24 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > [note: please configure your email client properly so it keeps > > proper attribution of text and and does not rewrap the citations > > incorrectly. Wrap your own text after 70 character

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-17 Thread Marcus Lorentzon
On 12/17/2010 12:22 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: * When I talk about a bus, I mean 'struct bus_type', which identifies all devices with a uniform bus interface to their parent device (think: PCI, USB, I2C). You seem to think of a bus as a specific instance of that bus type, i.e. the devic

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-17 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Thursday 16 December 2010 19:26:37 Marcus Lorentzon wrote: > On 11/26/2010 12:24 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > [note: please configure your email client properly so it keeps > > proper attribution of text and and does not rewrap the citations > > incorrectly. Wrap your own text after 70 character

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-16 Thread Marcus Lorentzon
;>> Sent: den 25 november 2010 17:48 >>> To: Marcus LORENTZON >>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; Jimmy RUBIN; linux- >>> media at vger.kernel.org; Dan JOHANSSON; Linus WALLEIJ >>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-16 Thread Marcus Lorentzon
LORENTZON Cc: linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org; Jimmy RUBIN; linux- me...@vger.kernel.org; Dan JOHANSSON; Linus WALLEIJ Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus On Thursday 25 November 2010, Marcus LORENTZON wrote: From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:a...@arndb.de] On

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-05 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: > This doesn't seem that different from the graphics chips we support > with kms. I don't think it would require much work to use KMS. One > thing we considered, but never ended up implementing was a generic > overlay API for KMS. Mos

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-05 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 04:34:22PM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: > This doesn't seem that different from the graphics chips we support > with kms. I don't think it would require much work to use KMS. One > thing we considered, but never ended up implementing was a generic > overlay API for KMS. Mos

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-04 Thread Dave Airlie
> >> > Having the kms/fb/v4l2 drivers on top definitely makes sense, so >> > these should all be able to be standalone loadable modules. >> > I do not understand why you have a v4l2 driver at all, or why >> > you need both fb and kms drivers, but that is probably because >> > of my ignorance of dis

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-04 Thread Alex Deucher
>> > Sent: den 25 november 2010 17:48 >> > To: Marcus LORENTZON >> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; Jimmy RUBIN; linux- >> > media at vger.kernel.org; Dan JOHANSSON; Linus WALLEIJ >> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build file

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-04 Thread Alex Deucher
>> > Sent: den 25 november 2010 17:48 >> > To: Marcus LORENTZON >> > Cc: linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org; Jimmy RUBIN; linux- >> > me...@vger.kernel.org; Dan JOHANSSON; Linus WALLEIJ >> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus >

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-03 Thread Dave Airlie
> >> > Having the kms/fb/v4l2 drivers on top definitely makes sense, so >> > these should all be able to be standalone loadable modules. >> > I do not understand why you have a v4l2 driver at all, or why >> > you need both fb and kms drivers, but that is probably because >> > of my ignorance of dis

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Wednesday 01 December 2010, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > Right, so saying to ARM developers that they can't submit code which > adds new static device structures is rather problematical then, and > effectively brings a section of kernel development to a complete > standstill - it means no s

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Peter Stuge
Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > I feel it would be better to allow the current situation to continue. I think this misses the point, and is somewhat redundant; I think everyone knows that it is easiest to never change anything. But then nothing improves. > If we start telling people that they

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 01:53:39PM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote: > Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > I feel it would be better to allow the current situation to continue. > > I think this misses the point, and is somewhat redundant; I think > everyone knows that it is easiest to never change anythin

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Wednesday 01 December 2010, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > Right, so saying to ARM developers that they can't submit code which > adds new static device structures is rather problematical then, and > effectively brings a section of kernel development to a complete > standstill - it means no s

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 01:53:39PM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote: > Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > I feel it would be better to allow the current situation to continue. > > I think this misses the point, and is somewhat redundant; I think > everyone knows that it is easiest to never change anythin

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Peter Stuge
Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > I feel it would be better to allow the current situation to continue. I think this misses the point, and is somewhat redundant; I think everyone knows that it is easiest to never change anything. But then nothing improves. > If we start telling people that they

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:42:15PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > It's a work in progress, but wherever possible, I encourage people to > > not make 'struct device' static. > > Right, so saying to ARM developers that they can't submit code which > adds new static device structures is r

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 03:05:33PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:05:50PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:48:34AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > > > There's lots of s

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:05:50PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:48:34AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > > There's lots of static devices, not only platform devices, in the ARM > > > tree.

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:48:34AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > There's lots of static devices, not only platform devices, in the ARM > > tree. It's going to be a hell of a lot of work to fix this all up > > properly. > > I

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Linus Walleij
2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean >  static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be >  declared as "static struct" and registered using >  platform_device_register (or other bus specific functions). This >  is no longer

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:21:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean > > > static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be > > >

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-12-01 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:21:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > > > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > > > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 03:05:33PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:05:50PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:48:34AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > > > There's lots of s

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:48:34AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > There's lots of static devices, not only platform devices, in the ARM > > tree. It's going to be a hell of a lot of work to fix this all up > > properly. > > I

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:21:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean > > > static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be > > >

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean > > static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be > > declared as "static struct" and registered using > > platform_device_reg

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:42:15PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > It's a work in progress, but wherever possible, I encourage people to > > not make 'struct device' static. > > Right, so saying to ARM developers that they can't submit code which > adds new static device structures is r

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Linus Walleij
2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean > ?static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be > ?declared as "static struct" and registered using > ?platform_device_register (or other bus specific functions). This > ?is no longer

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:05:50PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:48:34AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > > There's lots of static devices, not only platform devices, in the ARM > > > tree.

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:40:49PM +, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:21:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > > > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > > > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:21:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean > > > static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be > > >

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:21:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean > > > static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be > > >

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-30 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Tuesday 30 November 2010, Linus Walleij wrote: > 2010/11/26 Arnd Bergmann : > > > * When you say that the devices are static, I hope you do not mean > > static in the C language sense. We used to allow devices to be > > declared as "static struct" and registered using > > platform_device_reg

[PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-26 Thread Arnd Bergmann
; > Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; Jimmy RUBIN; linux- > > media at vger.kernel.org; Dan JOHANSSON; Linus WALLEIJ > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus > > > > On Thursday 25 November 2010, Marcus LORENTZON wrote: > > > From:

Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus

2010-11-26 Thread Arnd Bergmann
ON > > Cc: linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org; Jimmy RUBIN; linux- > > me...@vger.kernel.org; Dan JOHANSSON; Linus WALLEIJ > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] MCDE: Add build files and bus > > > > On Thursday 25 November 2010, Marcus LORENTZON wrote: > > > From: Arnd B