From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A4913838B for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:16:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D74F0E09FA; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:16:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f172.google.com (mail-qc0-f172.google.com [209.85.216.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7ABE3E09FA for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:16:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id c9so1751041qcz.3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:16:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=a6JJHWtejfgnU64fck7p0Yz7SJ/4KZ8iPR9DUuKtMGE=; b=aKu4xb3LWQX5z6mdmYKRsBi+PpMqbDItEZBBcwmNnCubBmSFknhZYOfNdgi7rcbssq rHjshk9rwcapu5uPfX0cDCAqZ/IfaKnQwn2AbdLPA0d1TlNPl6pUf88cwfimlZbGot0t b8DrNtWPbDIHWMEFDikHwP8C6Zk1NEb0SOPK8oSqLmnGNKUoVC+KFlA99lbl0K+stV7G cB+QBFrGxkd3FNlAj+TJFiJl2WaNkQJYmZJs23MsVK5XNH1hMF6Mfsem1ENyDrc/vgQ0 Bb6tve+eHZlRZSZOh1bGMoIxrPtzuqfuJaQJao45AIGXodhBKrRRjvxRAdY9Tj2tTwiv vn+Q== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.83.209 with SMTP id j75mr12712157qgd.91.1411478201647; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:16:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.20.118 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:16:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5420B81E.5020501@gentoo.org> References: <541FF01F.8020306@gentoo.org> <5420B81E.5020501@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:16:41 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI Octane kernel patch available From: Alex Deucher To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 5f41393d-b131-4913-9a49-1ccafcfdae2d X-Archives-Hash: cd8d6c964bb5c849d001a285576b3dd7 On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Joshua Kinard wrote: > On 09/22/2014 10:44, Alex Deucher wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Joshua Kinard wrote: >>> I've made a unified patch against linux-3.16.0 available to get Octane working >>> for anyone with such a machine again. I still have to re-work the patchset for >>> mips-sources to include this, but that will take a while longer. I'll try to >>> get stages uploaded in a few days someplace as well, along with the minimal >>> netboot initramfs. >>> >>> Full info is available here on the forums: >>> https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7621340.html >>> >> >> For review purposes and probably a better chance of spotting bugs, it >> would be nice if you could break you patch up into manageable pieces >> and send then out as git patches. E.g., precursor patches, core >> support patches, individual new driver patches. >> >> Alex > > The goal is to eventually get this into linux-mips upstream by breaking it up > into separate patches for review. Right now, though, I just wanted to put > something out there for others to hack on and maybe improve things. There are > still some drivers that Octane uses that can work on other systems that have > problems on those other systems. Specifically, the IOC3 metadriver. That > doesn't work on IP27 right now, and that's the bare minimum that has to be > fixed before I can send things upstream, since upstream won't accept two > different variants of IOC3 code for two different systems. IMHO, it's easier for others to contribute and improve things if you break the patch up. Some one familiar with the ioc3 hw may take the time to look at a few ioc3 patches, but quickly get discouraged trying to sift through a huge patch that touches tons of unrelated things. You might also want to provide a git tree so others can easily grab the changes. Just my 2 cents. Alex