Re: [2.6 patch] m68k: remove the dead PCI code

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 09:31:43AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 02:13:24PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote:
> > > > Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > >> A patch for removing the comempci code is below.
> > > >>
> > > >> It's a bit suspicious that asm/elia.h is now removed since comempci.c  
> > > >> was the only user. What's the sttus of the eLIA platform?
> > > >
> > > > Only ever a handful where made, and that was in 1999.
> > > > I doubt anyone could ever use the PCI interface on it
> > > > in any useful way.
> > > 
> > > So I can send a patch to remove the platform?
> > > 
> > > >> But COMEMPCI fails with a different error - this init/main.o build 
> > > >> error is present for CONFIG_PCI=y, CONFIG_COMEMPCI=n, so the dependency 
> > > >> of PCI on BROKEN is still required (unless it gets fixed).
> > > >
> > > > Unless I am mistaken there is now no need for the CONFIG_PCI option
> > > > if selecting m68knommu. The only m68knommu platforms that had PCI
> > > > as far as I know where those that use the comempci part.
> > > 
> > > That implies I can also kill the m68k PCI code since m68knommu will 
> > > never use it?
> > 
> > Sure. If the FreeScale guys ever forward-port their ColdFire/MMU code to
> > current mainline, we can readd it.
> 
> Patch (on top of my Hades removal patch) is below.
> 
> cu
> Adrian
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> This patch removes the no longer used m68k PCI code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>

Thanks! Will queue for 2.6.28, too.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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