Re: f71805f arch dependencies?

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Sat Jun 02 2012 - 02:54:31 EST


On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:27:51 +0300 (EEST), Meelis Roos wrote:
> > > Indeed, it seems commit 746cdfbf01c0a30d59f6e1b6942d432658d7c7cd
> > > ("hwmon: Avoid building drivers for powerpc that read/write ISA addresses")
> > > was a bit too limited...
> >
> > I am fine extending that commit to other architectures. Now the
> > question is, do we just add SPARC64 to the exception list, or do we
> > restrict these drivers to X86? I know they are mostly used on X86, but
> > I have no proof they aren't used on other architectures. That's why
> > Dean and myself decided to play it safe at first and only exclude PPC.
> >
> > Apparently other drivers (e.g. watchdog drivers) for similar chips are
> > limited to X86 so we might as well do the same here. And see if anybody
> > complains...
> >
> > Meelis, do you feel like sending a patch, or do you prefer if I take
> > care of it?
>
> I can send a patch in a couple of days, but I do not know either wihich
> way is better.
>
> What other architectures can use the ISA-IO style LPC - probably quite
> several if hardware has been made (but it probably hasn't)?

I just don't know, this is the problem.

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Jean Delvare
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