Dan Malek wrote:

If you are using the 4xx stuff as an example, I don't really like the
way that is being done, but I'm severely outnumbered in that battle so
I had to retreat and work somewhere else (like MIPS :-).  I still
prefer to wait and see how unmanagable it gets before we start reworking
everything.  Again, I don't see how using a bootloader to provide
information and adding more software complexity to drivers solves this
problem.  If you can't make it work with #define constants and #ifdef
code sections, how will changing a #define with a variable name and
an #ifdef with an if () {} make it eaiser?

What battle would that be?? you're copied on all my changes to 4xx and
if you have a problem with it , you should say so:)

quoted

I have this dream that one day we will get to the point where adding
support for a new board only involves adding files to the kernel
tree, with no changes to existing files needed.

4xx you need 1 config , board.c, board.h and add board.h to ibm4xx.h at
a minimum.  The 4xx drivers when conversion to ocp is completed will
make it possible:) Think of ocp as a static or manual pci driver

    -- Dan

armin


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