Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] MIPS: Introduce CPU_ISA_GE_* Kconfig entries

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On 08/14/2017 14:56, Steven J. Hill wrote:
> On 08/14/2017 01:18 PM, Paul Burton wrote:
> 
> [...]
>>
>> With the new Kconfig entries introduced by this patch this can be
>> simplified to:
>>
>>   default y if CPU_ISA_GE_R1
>>
> The idea for the patch is solid. Can we not just use CPU_ISA_R1,
> and so on? GE immediately makes me think "Graphics Engine" and
> there are the GE7 ASICs from old SGI hardware. Maybe it's just
> me and it doesn't confuse anyone else.

GE7 ASICs?  Which SGI Machines had those?  Or do you refer to the "Graphics
Backend" (gbefb) framebuffer in SGI O2s?

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