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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Bill Gatliff <bgat@billgatliff.com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
	David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] omap changes for v2.6.39 merge window
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:39:40 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1103311411090.22418@localhost6.localdomain6> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikd_JRxmB_OWZqq178=K3bnxhdDqcNbgFNRtTyU@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Bill Gatliff <bgat@billgatliff.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure this metric is completely fair to ARM.  If you want to
> > level the field, I think you have to divide each result by the number
> > of SoC's
> 
> But that's the problem with ARM. Hardware companies that do one-off
> stuff, with no sense of compatibility.
> 
> And calling it an "opportunity" is just stupid.
> 
> There's nothing good about causing extra work just because ARM hasn't
> had the sense to standardize on one (or a couple) of interrupt
> controllers etc.

Well, ARM is not the only one there, it's the top one, but mips and
power are not less crazy. Here are the top five architectures counted
in number of irq_chip implementations.

      arch/arm     139
      arch/mips    75
      arch/powerpc 44
      arch/alpha   21
      arch/x86     15

Thanks,

	tglx

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-31 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 159+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-17 18:30 [GIT PULL] omap changes for v2.6.39 merge window Tony Lindgren
2011-03-18  2:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-18  7:06   ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-18 10:15   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-18 11:13     ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-03-30 17:06     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-30 19:21       ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-30 20:41         ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-30 21:02           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-30 23:31             ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-30 23:59               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31  0:15                 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-31  0:31               ` Bill Gatliff
2011-03-31  0:39               ` david
2011-03-31  3:17                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-31  3:29                   ` Dave Airlie
2011-03-31  4:38                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-31  9:54                       ` Alan Cox
2011-03-31 10:50                         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 12:23                           ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2011-03-31 12:38                           ` Catalin Marinas
2011-03-31 13:01                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 14:55                               ` Bill Gatliff
2011-04-01 12:41                                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-31 18:12                               ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-03-31 18:17                                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 18:34                                   ` Jesse Barnes
2011-03-31 13:54                           ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-31 17:22                           ` david
2011-03-31 18:08                             ` Koen Kooi
2011-03-31  5:05                   ` david
2011-03-31  7:15                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-31  8:06                       ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-31  8:30                         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 10:41                           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-31 13:25                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 12:04                           ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-31 14:43                             ` Kevin Hilman
2011-03-31 15:01                               ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-31 15:05                                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 15:45                                   ` david
2011-03-31 15:23                               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-31 16:58                                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-31 18:23                                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-31 18:55                                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-04-01 11:32                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-31 20:35                                 ` Kevin Hilman
2011-04-01 11:29                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01  7:32                                 ` Tomi Valkeinen
2011-04-01 11:22                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 11:55                                     ` Tomi Valkeinen
2011-04-01 12:07                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 12:15                                         ` Tomi Valkeinen
2011-03-31 16:03                           ` david
2011-03-31 16:45                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 17:17                               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31 19:25                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-31 20:05                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31 20:28                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31 22:49                                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-01  0:53                                       ` Mark Brown
2011-04-01  4:50                                       ` David Brown
2011-04-01  7:45                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-01 13:54                                           ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found]                                             ` <4D95E112.4020400@vollmann.ch>
2011-04-01 14:59                                               ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found]                                                 ` <4D95EF8E.9080902@vollmann.ch>
2011-04-01 15:50                                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 17:44                                                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-01 19:54                                                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-01 21:00                                                       ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-04-01 22:08                                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-02  2:24                                                         ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-03 15:26                                                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-03 16:03                                                             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-04  0:59                                                               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-04  8:26                                                                 ` Marc Zyngier
2011-04-04 11:03                                                                 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-04 11:21                                                                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-04 13:24                                                                     ` Marc Zyngier
2011-04-04 13:31                                                                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-04 13:57                                                                         ` Marc Zyngier
2011-04-04 20:08                                                                           ` Linus Walleij
2011-04-05  6:40                                                                             ` Santosh Shilimkar
2011-04-05  7:45                                                                               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-05 14:15                                                                                 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-05 22:16                                                                               ` Linus Walleij
2011-04-06  6:43                                                                                 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2011-04-05 22:22                                                                               ` Linus Walleij
2011-04-06  6:41                                                                                 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2011-04-05  7:30                                                                             ` Marc Zyngier
2011-05-26 13:38                                                               ` Pavel Machek
2011-04-02  2:59                                                       ` Mark Brown
2011-04-04  5:16                                                   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2011-04-04  9:27                                                   ` Nicolas Ferre
2011-04-01 21:10                                                 ` Kevin Hilman
2011-04-01 21:32                                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 21:51                                                     ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-03 22:18                                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-04  0:14                                                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-04  2:49                                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-01 15:27                                             ` Will Deacon
2011-04-01 15:55                                               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 16:39                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-04-03 22:26                                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-05 23:19                                                   ` Linus Walleij
2011-04-06  8:41                                                     ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-07  1:44                                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 20:19                                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-04-02  4:38                                                   ` Richard Cochran
2011-04-02  3:27                                                 ` Mark Brown
2011-04-06  6:11                                             ` Barry Song
2011-04-06  7:31                                               ` Bryan Wu
2011-03-31 21:40                                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-31 17:56                             ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-31 18:34                               ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-31 19:02                               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31  8:09                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31 10:49                       ` Felipe Balbi
2011-03-31 18:00                       ` Alexander Holler
2011-03-31  5:45               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-03-31  7:21                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-30 22:08           ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-30 21:10         ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-30 21:54           ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-30 22:25             ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-30 22:45               ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-30 22:56                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-04-01  1:42                   ` Mark Brown
2011-03-30 22:38             ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-03-30 22:47               ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-30 23:13                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-03-30 23:14                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-30 23:28                   ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-31 11:00           ` Artem Bityutskiy
2011-03-31 13:54             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-30 21:44         ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-30 22:20           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-30 22:39             ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-31  0:15         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-31  0:55           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31  1:15             ` Bill Gatliff
2011-03-31  1:37               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31  1:44                 ` Bill Gatliff
2011-03-31  1:56                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31  2:20                     ` Bill Gatliff
2011-03-31  3:24                       ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-31  6:42                         ` Olof Johansson
2011-03-31  6:56                         ` David Brown
2011-03-31 11:27                         ` Felipe Balbi
2011-03-31 13:39                 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2011-03-31  4:09             ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-03-31 10:11               ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-30 21:07       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-30 22:14         ` Tony Lindgren
2011-04-01  1:17           ` Mark Brown
2011-04-01 14:17         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-18  3:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-18  7:09   ` Tony Lindgren
2011-03-18  8:06     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2011-03-18 23:43       ` Tony Lindgren

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