Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Nov 2004 22:19:20 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] small IPMI cleanup |
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On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 12:23:59PM -0600, Corey Minyard wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > >>these functions that are perhaps not in the kernel yet (and perhaps > >>never make it into the mainstream kernel). Some of the statics do need > >>to be cleaned up, though. > >> > >> > > > >Why shouldn't they make it into the mainstream kernel? > > > > > Sometimes people create specific tools that only support a specific type > of board. I'm not sure every single thing written to go into the kernel
Check the MIPS port how many different evaluation boards it supports. AFAIK there's not a strict minimum of production units until some code is allowed to enter the kernel.
> should be included i nthe mainstream kernel. It's a hard call, but if > it for some very specific thing then the vendor may not be interested in > doing this. >...
In this case, I don't see a reason for hooks in the main kernel to support such functionality.
> -Corey
cu Adrian
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