Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] macintosh: Resolve various PMU driver problems

Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] macintosh: Resolve various PMU driver problems

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Wed, 2018-06-27 at 13:08 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > I will rewrite patch 10/12 after Arnd's fixes and this series have all 
> > made their way through both powerpc and m68k trees, and submit it 
> > separately.
> 
> drivers/macintosh is supposedly maintained by Ben, but I'm not sure this
> series is high on his todo list.

We need at least to pull out a couple of powerbooks we have sitting in
drawers and try it out.

> 
> Should it just go in via the m68k tree?
> 
> Or I can create a topic branch to share it between ppc and m68k?

Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] macintosh: Resolve various PMU driver problems

[Michael Schmitz]

Ben,

Am 27.06.2018 um 15:27 schrieb Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
> On Wed, 2018-06-27 at 13:08 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>> I will rewrite patch 10/12 after Arnd's fixes and this series have all
>>> made their way through both powerpc and m68k trees, and submit it
>>> separately.
>>
>> drivers/macintosh is supposedly maintained by Ben, but I'm not sure this
>> series is high on his todo list.
>
> We need at least to pull out a couple of powerbooks we have sitting in
> drawers and try it out.

No need to root around in drawers - I'm sitting in front of one (G3 
Titanium) writing this. Let me know if that would help (I've forgotten 
most of what I knew about powerpc kernels).

Cheers,

	Michael


>
>>
>> Should it just go in via the m68k tree?
>>
>> Or I can create a topic branch to share it between ppc and m68k?

Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] macintosh: Resolve various PMU driver problems

[Gabriel Paubert]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 05:39:15PM +1200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> Ben,
> 
> Am 27.06.2018 um 15:27 schrieb Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
> > On Wed, 2018-06-27 at 13:08 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > > > I will rewrite patch 10/12 after Arnd's fixes and this series have all
> > > > made their way through both powerpc and m68k trees, and submit it
> > > > separately.
> > > 
> > > drivers/macintosh is supposedly maintained by Ben, but I'm not sure this
> > > series is high on his todo list.
> > 
> > We need at least to pull out a couple of powerbooks we have sitting in
> > drawers and try it out.
> 
> No need to root around in drawers - I'm sitting in front of one (G3
> Titanium) writing this. Let me know if that would help (I've forgotten most
> of what I knew about powerpc kernels).

A very rare model, all G3 I've seen were plastic, all Titanium were G4 :-)

	Cheers,
	Gabriel
	(still using my Pismo from time to time, but much less since
	sleep was broken)

Re: [PATCH v3 00/12] macintosh: Resolve various PMU driver problems

[Michael Schmitz]

Gabriel,

Am 27.06.2018 um 21:00 schrieb Gabriel Paubert:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 05:39:15PM +1200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>> Ben,
>>
>> Am 27.06.2018 um 15:27 schrieb Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
>>> On Wed, 2018-06-27 at 13:08 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>>>> I will rewrite patch 10/12 after Arnd's fixes and this series have all
>>>>> made their way through both powerpc and m68k trees, and submit it
>>>>> separately.
>>>>
>>>> drivers/macintosh is supposedly maintained by Ben, but I'm not sure this
>>>> series is high on his todo list.
>>>
>>> We need at least to pull out a couple of powerbooks we have sitting in
>>> drawers and try it out.
>>
>> No need to root around in drawers - I'm sitting in front of one (G3
>> Titanium) writing this. Let me know if that would help (I've forgotten most
>> of what I knew about powerpc kernels).
>
> A very rare model, all G3 I've seen were plastic, all Titanium were G4 :-)

Right you are - the G3 was the earlier one I used (which was stolen from 
my office). G4 it is, then.

Cheers,

	Michael


>
> 	Cheers,
> 	Gabriel
> 	(still using my Pismo from time to time, but much less since
> 	sleep was broken)
>