Re: Status of ST40 on the 2.6 tree

David MCKAY <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Apr 2004 15:57:33 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel,gmane.linux.ports.sh.general
Organization STMicroelectronics
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 14:06, Alex Bennee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a few days off my normal hacking to have a look at migrating
> across to 2.6 to give it a quick spin. I think I can add our board
> specific stuff without much problem but I am wondering if anyone is
> currently running any ST40 based systems with the 2.6 tree.

Yes. I'm currently in the process of doing the upgrade to 2.6.

> At the moment I am tweaking the PCI stuff to get it to compile nicely
> (and removing some of the HARP specific bits out of the st40 pci code).
> So is anyone running 2.6 with ST40 at the mo or is it currently
> untested?

I have done exactly the same. I'll post patches soon. I'm currently testing 
it, it seems to work OK. I have one question though, looking at the 7751 code 
I do not understand how the ordering dependency between 
sh7751_pci_init() and  pcibios_init() is handled. What enforces the order?

Cheers!






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