[parisc-linux] defconfigs in 2.6

[parisc-linux] defconfigs in 2.6

[Matthew Wilcox]

There's a generic scheme for having defconfigs-for-different-systems
in 2.6.0-test7 (actually, it may have been there in -test6 too, but
we weren't using it).  I've added one for the 712 as an example.  To
use it, rather than typing "make defconfig", you type "make 712_defconfig".
The Makefile looks in arch/parisc/configs/ for a file by that name and
uses it if it finds it.

So what configs should we support?  This is one of those bikeshed kind
of questions, so let me take a stab at it first:

- 712 (Lasi, Wax, no PCI, no EISA.  targetted at exactly 712, may work on
	other snake-type boxes)
- hawk (adds ccio, eisa, PCI, ncr720, mux.  targetted at A180,
	B, C, J, D, K, R)
- music32 (SMP, PA8000, SBA PCI, no GSC, targetted at B1000-J6750)
- 32bit (everything.  should work on 705-J6750, including A180, EFGHI,
	B, C, J, D, K, R)
- music64 (SMP, PA64, SBA PCI.  targets A500, L2000, etc.)

I don't want to add any more than this because the effort of maintaining
all of them quickly adds up.  Is everybody happy with these suggestions?
Obviously, you can tweak your own config to your heart's content, these
will just be the defconfigs distributed with the kernel.

As far as naming goes, most of the boxes with ccio in them were some
kind of hawk, most of the boxes with SBA in them were named after musical
terms.  I suppose for consistency the 712 config should be called gecko...
Please, quibble about the names ;-)

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Re: [parisc-linux] defconfigs in 2.6

[Helge Deller]

On Donnerstag, 09. Oktober 2003 17:05, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> - 712 (Lasi, Wax, no PCI, no EISA.  targetted at exactly 712, may work on
> 	other snake-type boxes)

Maybe we should add EISA to this configuration, in which case
it would fit 715 machines too ?

Helge

Re: [parisc-linux] defconfigs in 2.6

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:21:18PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
> On Donnerstag, 09. Oktober 2003 17:05, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > - 712 (Lasi, Wax, no PCI, no EISA.  targetted at exactly 712, may work on
> > 	other snake-type boxes)
> 
> Maybe we should add EISA to this configuration, in which case
> it would fit 715 machines too ?

My intent was that these machines would use a "hawk" configuration.  Keep
gecko minimal and expansion-less, and hawk gets all the EISA and PCI cards
compiled as modules.

The thing about 715 expansion is that (at least for 715/Mirage), you can
plug a GSC cardmode Dino into the expansion socket, so we should enable
that ... and the PCI drivers for whichever chips got put on a card with
Dino (Tulip, acenic, ... must be others?), NCR720, etc.

This starts to get kind of complicated.  I'd rather maintain these in
the hawk config.

-- 
"It's not Hollywood.  War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
victory, it is about death.  I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies.
Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk