On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:26:59 +0000, Ralf Baechle [off-list ref] wrote:

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I created my own patch for this (and one other bug), and checked it in.

Really, though, someone in MIPS-land should give this driver some loving 
care.  It is filled with bugs and 2.4-era anachronisms.

Took a look at it.  It's sort of a non-bug because the driver cannot be
compiled as module, so the module_exit function cannot possibly be
executed.  The board support code is calling into the driver which makes
it impossible to build this driver as a module, yet it's possible to
select building this driver as a module ...  Oh yeah, that root_tc35815_dev
stuff is also pretty ugly.

Yes, the driver is quite obsoleted.  It was added long ago with
arch/mips/jmr3927 and not maintained long time, as like as the board
itself.

I know both MontaVista and CELF have new driver for the chip.  If
anybody in MontaVista did not complain I can send CELF's one available
at http://tree.celinuxforum.org/pubwiki/moin.cgi/PatchArchive.  (it
needs some changes for recent kernel, for example pt_regs removal, but
it would be easy).

Sergei?

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Atsushi Nemoto