Re: [PATCH] Re: Move of input drivers, some word needed from you

From: Jes Sorensen (jes@linuxcare.com)
Date: Mon Aug 21 2000 - 12:14:15 EST


>>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:

Matthias> On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Roman Zippel wrote:
>> What about drivers/macintosh or drivers/zorro, that are needed by
>> two architectures. Is a mach/ directory still feasible?

Matthias> Are you talking about the Zorro bus that Amigas use? If so,
Matthias> what architecture besides Amiga-m68k uses it? Is it for PPC?

PPC, just as sbus support applies to sparc, sparc64 and m68k and nubus
is for PPC and m68k.

Matthias> Why does that belong into drivers/$ARCH? arch/$ARCH/drivers
Matthias> is fine, and you can symlink it around if more than one
Matthias> architecture shares a certain piece of hardware.

Because it needs to be outside the arch hierachy and symlinks are
foul.

Jes
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