Re: plea for project idea

2007-08-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
x27;m in ur kernel, luking 4 projectz." rday -- ================ Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca - To unsubscribe from this

Re: request for Linux kernel related project ideas

2007-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
to just make the *choice*. what shaneed is asking is that others do that work for him. IMHO, he should be told politely but firmly that selecting a topic is *his* problem. that's just part of the academic process. rday -- ===

Re: request for Linux kernel related project ideas

2007-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i really don't want to turn this into a thread that never dies, so let me just clarify what i'm talking about: On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm not sure that it's appropriate for LKML

what is the value of the macro "__setup_param"?

2007-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
nit.h: __setup_param(str, fn, fn, 0) include/linux/init.h: __setup_param(str, fn, fn, 1) include/linux/init.h:#define __setup_param(str, unique_id, fn) /* nothing */ $ or am i must misreading something badly? rday -- Robert P. J. Day

Re: what is the value of the macro "__setup_param"?

2007-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:19:29AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > perhaps i'm missing it, but it seems that the macro __setup_param is > > entirely superfluous: > > > > $ grep -rw __setup_param * > >

Re: what is the value of the macro "__setup_param"?

2007-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Paul Mundt wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:19:29AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > perhaps i'm missing it, but it seems that the macro __setup_param is > > entirely superfluous: > > > > $ grep -rw __setup_param * > > in

Re: what is the value of the macro "__setup_param"?

2007-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Paul Mundt wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:49:42AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Paul Mundt wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:19:29AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > > > per

[PATCH] Remove superfluous definition of __setup_null_param() macro.

2007-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- since i apparently removed the final remaining reference to this macro in commit f4895925976977aaeda26ee2a603a99f17db500b (thanks, adrian), there seems to be little value in keeping this definition around. $ grep -rw __setup_null

Re: [PATCH 09/30] mtd: Don't cast kmalloc() return value in drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c

2007-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
gt; + GFP_KERNEL); > > memset(msp_parts[i], 0, pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition)); > > > > /* now initialize the devices proper */ > > Same actually, i would think kcalloc would be more appropriate here, no? rday --

Re: [PATCH] Remove superfluous definition of __setup_null_param() macro.

2007-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --- > > > > since i apparently removed the fi

[PATCH] FS: Make RAMFS both selectable and tristate.

2007-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Allow RAMFS to be user-selectable, and to be built as a module. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- given that the help content for that option suggests it can be built as a module, it just makes sense to make it selectable and tristate, unless someone has a comp

Re: [PATCH] FS: Make RAMFS both selectable and tristate.

2007-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 03:40:23PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > Allow RAMFS to be user-selectable, and to be built as a module. > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --- &

Re: [PATCH] FS: Make RAMFS both selectable and tristate.

2007-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 03:40:23PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > Allow RAMFS to be user-selectable, and to be built as a module. > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --- &

Re: [PATCH 09/30] mtd: Don't cast kmalloc() return value in drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c

2007-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 24/08/07, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > actually, i would think kcalloc would be more appropriate here, no? > > > > Why? > > msp_parts[i] = kzalloc(pcnt * sizeof(struct mtd_partition), GFP_KER

Re: [PATCH 09/30] mtd: Don't cast kmalloc() return value in drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c

2007-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 26/08/07, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i was thinking more along the lines of > > > > msp_parts[i] = kcalloc(pcnt, sizeof(struct mtd_partition), GFP_KERNEL); > > > > which was kind of t

Re: [PATCH 1/1] remove BITS_TO_TYPE macro

2007-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
ddown(), just for the sake of consistency. (maybe there's simply no need?) would someone like to propose a single, consistent standard for those things? or is it not worth it? rday -- ================ Robert P. J. Day Linux Consul

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Mention multi-line macros using expressions

2012-07-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 13:32 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > [] > > diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle > [] > > +A newer technique is to use the GCC extension of being able to place > > +statem

[PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Explain using GCC's statement expression extension for defining macros

2012-07-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Add an explanation of how to use GCC's statement expression extension for defining multi-line macros. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index cb9258b..c0eec33 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Document

[PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Numerous pedantic cleanups, nothing major.

2012-07-14 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- while i was perusing CodingStyle, i did some tidying up along the way. i won't take it personally if someone decides not to bother with this, it's all pretty minor. this is all independent of the earlier macro explanation. diff --git a/Doc

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: RAPIDIO: include more rapidio-related content

2019-05-03 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Add missing RAPIDIO-related files and directories to MAINTAINERS entry. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5c38f21aee78..1bd2f95c0df6 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -13020,6 +13020,16 @@ M: Matt Porter M: Alexandre

[PATCH] Aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
e/linux/pps_kernel.h | 16 +++- include/uapi/linux/pps.h | 4 ++-- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +- 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- any other changes worth thr

[PATCH v2] PPS: Aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
e/linux/pps_kernel.h | 16 +++- include/uapi/linux/pps.h | 4 ++-- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 2 +- 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- sorry, forgot to add subsystem &quo

[PATCH] PPS: Use surrounding "if PPS" to remove numerous dependency checks

2017-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Adding high-level "if PPS" makes lower-level dependency tests superfluous. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- since this actually changed functional code, i wanted to submit it separately. seems to be equivalent, unless i screwed something up. diff --git a/drivers/pps/Kconfig

Re: [PATCH 5/7] gpio: use class_groups instead of class_attrs

2017-06-08 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > The class_attrs pointer is long depreciated, and is about to be finally ^^^ deprecated rday -- ==== Robert P. J.

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