Re: CONFIG_PPC != Mac

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Dan Malek wrote:

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

quoted

Given the flexibility I was used to on m68k[*], I find this a pity as well...

Well, it looks like I opened up a big can of worms...........

I guess this is something that will get discussed as part of
"restructuring" the PowerPC source tree when we jump into 2.5.xx.

Note that there was a time when we did have separate CONFIG_PMAC, CONFIG_PREP
and CONFIG_CHRP switches. I liked it, since it allowed to customize your kernel
more precisely.

However, I need some kind of a simple solution that will help me with
the embedded processors that will no longer build in the 2.4.xx
kernel.  I know there must be some embedded Linux m68k boards that
have a similar challenge that I may be able to use for insight.

AFAIK there are no embedded m68k boards. There are embedded uClinux boards,
though, but these are still at the 2.0.38 level.

What I would like to do in the short term, is create a CONFIG_PPCMAC
that has the sole purpose of including the drivers/macintosh software,

Please call it CONFIG_PMAC, like it used to be.

BTW, ADB code should be in driverd/adb/, cfr. all other bus types. It should be
protected using CONFIG_ADB, which should be configurable depending on either of
CONFIG_MAC, CONFIG_PMAC, CONFIG_CHRP or CONFIG_NEXT in
arch/{m68k,ppc}/config.in. That way you can leave out ADB support if you don't
need it (e.g. for server PowerMac boxes, and for CHRP boxes that use the PS/2
port only).

or perhaps overload the CONFIG_ALL_PPC to do this.  Perhaps I will
look at what CONFIG_PPC really means, and not define this for embedded
boards (although this sounds wrong).

CONFIG_PPC is always set to `y' on the PPC platform. It's a substitute for
checking the arch type. I don't really see why it was invented, since the same
thing can easily be done using `#ifdef __powerpc__' in sources and `ifeq
($(ARCH),PPC)' in makefiles. Besides, CONFIG_PPC has the unwanted side effect
of making more sources depend on config.h.

So far my opinion...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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