[linuxsh-dev] Re: [linux-sh:00611] Today's change

[Mitch D. <mj...@au...>]

gn...@ch... wrote:
> 
> So, I've replaced on-chip support into generalized one called "IPR
> (Interrupt Priority Register) based IRQ" support.

A Totally Excellent Idea.

> I think that it's the job of boot loader, and wanna remove
> the code from the kernel.  How do you think?

I agree.  Each type of hardware needs to be initialised in
a certain (unique) way.  It's really not feasible for the
kernel to autoprobe to find out how to do the correct
initialisation.  And hard-coding the choices means it's not
possible to make a basic binary people can download and try.

The bootloaders I'm working with do the initialisation, then
vector to the kernel.  IMHO that's the correct place for
initialisation.

We could provide people with sample bootloader code,
documenting what to change and why, and distribute this
either separately, or in the arch/sh directory.

Regards,

Mitch.
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