From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756376AbdEULSp (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2017 07:18:45 -0400 Received: from smtp1.it.da.ut.ee ([193.40.5.66]:43533 "EHLO smtp1.it.da.ut.ee" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753369AbdEULSo (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2017 07:18:44 -0400 Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 14:18:40 +0300 (EEST) From: Meelis Roos To: Christoph Hellwig cc: Linux Kernel list , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: is alpha jensen support dead? In-Reply-To: <20170521105032.5F0807FF0E@ilves.cyber.ee> Message-ID: References: <20170521105032.5F0807FF0E@ilves.cyber.ee> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (LRH 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Hi all, > > it seems like the Alpha Jense build (the only one using pci-noop.c) > and thus being a different build than all the later PCI capable > system has been broken since at least: > > commit 6aca0503847f6329460b15b3ab2b0e30bb752793 > Author: Christian Borntraeger > Date: Tue Feb 2 21:46:33 2016 -0800 > > alpha/dma: use common noop dma ops > > which switches pci-noop.c to use generic code, but fat fingered a symbol > and didn't wire up the Kconfig. > > Is there any value in keeping it alive? Especially as there probably > isn't any build coverage.. I do not have any experience with Jensens. > Btw, how well is alpha working these days? It looks like there hasn't > been any maintainer activity for about two years. However, I keep PC164, DS10, DS10L, DS20 alive and plan to revice my XP1000 too. A 21264-base half embedded system worked fine until I broke a connector on it so hoping to revive it too. PC164, DS10, DS10L worked fine with 4.1 for me, others are on earlier kernels. -- Meelis Roos (mroos@linux.ee)