Re: [PATCH 2/3] m68k: compile fix - ADBREQ_RAW missing declaration

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 13:13:12 EST


On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 07:00:54PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Even if behavior is unchanged, this doesn't mean that people like their code
> being modified behind their back...
>
> Anyway, last time I tried to bring this up with the union of Mac and PowerMac
> guys, no one seemed to remember why ADBREQ_RAW was really needed...

>From my reading of the code it's a way for mac/misc.c to send a packet that
starts with CUDA_PACKET or PMU_PACKET instead of ADB_PACKET, but otherwise
is the same as normal adb_request() ones...

Used for access to timer, nvram, etc. - looks like that puppy used to
use the same protocol for more than just ADB and the first byte of packet
really selects the destination...
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