On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 17:24 +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > >> I'm afraid I disagree with most of the above. The whole point of > >> mach-virt is to provide a shell for DT platforms. None of this hardware > >> is mandated. Instead, all the necessary information should be described > >> in DT. > > > > "Add support for the smallest, dumbest possible platform, to be > > used as a guest for KVM or other hypervisors. > > > > It only mandates a GIC and architected timers" > > > > (your original commit message :-P) > > Right. 1984, here we come. I'll disappear for a while, rewriting the > history. More seriously, that was just me scheming to get it merged, > hiding my cunning plan for mach-virt world domination! :-) > >> Actually, mach-virt doesn't really stand for Virtual Machine. It stands > >> for virtual mach-* directory! Eventually, mach-virt should become the > >> default platform, the one we use when we don't match anything else in > >> the kernel > > > > I can word it more like that for sure, along with the alternative > > wording suggested by Christopher/Stefano to clarify the intent that > > everything comes from DTB and removal of the specific requirements for > > GIC/timer/PSCI I think that suit the (new) intention better? > > Yes, please! :-) OK, I'll come up with an updated version. Cheers, Ian. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
