[Prism54-devel] Re: Interrupt Polling

[Andriy Korud]

Yes, we're running in big-endian mode (I hope :-)

Andriy


-----Original Message-----
From:	Jim Thompson [mailto:jim at netgate.com]
Sent:	Wed 11.08.2004 12:52
To:	Andriy Korud
Cc:	prism54-devel at prism54.org; rodel.miguel at eazix.com; Margit Schubert-While
Subject:	Re: [Prism54-devel] Re: Interrupt Polling

I am happy to hear that its running fine on PPC.   Hopefully, you're 
big-endian, and this means that most of the work is done.

heck, I'd be happy if no work needed doing.

peace,

jim

On Aug 11, 2004, at 12:21 AM, Andriy Korud wrote:

> Just my 2 cents:
> prism54 is working perfectly on PowerPC405/Embedded (however we're 
> using normal Linux, not uClinux)
>
> Andriy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	prism54-devel-bounces at prism54.org on behalf of Margit 
> Schubert-While
> Sent:	Wed 11.08.2004 12:11
> To:	Jim Thompson
> Cc:	prism54-devel at prism54.org; rodel.miguel at eazix.com
> Subject:	Re: [Prism54-devel] Re: Interrupt Polling
>
> Jim scribeth:
>
>> On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:23 PM, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
>>
>>> Jim scribeth:
>>>
>>>>> Rodel, the current Prism54 driver is not particularly suited for
>>>>> embedded devices.
>>>>
>>>> Care to explain why?
>>>
>>> Sure, the current hotplug mechanism for starters.
>>
>> I'm not sure why this is a show-stopper.
>>
>> I'm given to understand that the prism54 driver isn't that stable on
>> non-x86 architectures, and this certainly needs to be fixed in the 
>> medium
>> term (if true).
>
> What makes you think that it isn't stable on non-x86 arches ?
>
> What do you mean "needs to be fixed" ?
> The hotplug firmware loading mechanism in 2.4 and 2.6 is the preferred
> way of doing things. It's just not suitable for embedded devices that 
> usually
> lack the hotplug infrastructure.
>
> Margit
>
>
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