Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:50:47 -0400 | | From | Andres Salomon <> | | Subject | Re: 2.6.25-mm1 |
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:38:33 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:25:44 -0400 Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:29:25 -0700
> > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:10:24 -0400 Joseph Fannin <jfannin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 01:47:57AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
[...]
> > >
> > > which we probably just shouldn't do this at all unless we're running on the
> > > OLPC hardware. But we need to do this to find out if we're running on the OLPC
> > > hardware! Perhaps the warning should just be removed.
> >
> > Hm. We could either protect that code with an:
> >
> > if (!is_geode())
> > return;
> >
> > Or I could add the OpenFirmware patches which would allow us to get
> > rid of this code, and instead check for the existence of OFW using
> > that.
> >
> > The former is quick and easy; the latter is (imo) nicer, so long as
> > people don't have problems w/ the OFW code. :)
> >
>
> Do both ;)
>
> The quick-n-easy version sounds suitable for now.
Heh, I already had sent the nicer version. If people have some fundamental
problem w/ it, I can send the quick-n-easy version.
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