[linuxsh-dev] Restructure branch status 10/27

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

I just wanted to give a quick status report of what's going on in the
linux-2_5-restructure branch:

* Updated to Linux 2.5.44 - this was after HEAD was updated, then merged
  into restructure
* Boots w/ serial console on the Dreamcast (this is the only board I have
  to test).  Paul says he will test on his SE7750 later.
* Notable quirks with booted system (NFS root mounted system): system
  doesn't shutdown properly on reboot.

If someone out there wants to give it a shot, keep in mind that any other
consoles other than serial will *not* work, this will be fixed soon.  Also,
take a look at arch/sh/boards/dreamcast/pci.c to see how the new
pcibios_init() works, you'll need to add subsys_initcall(pcibios_init) if
your board uses PCI.

I still have items to tackle in the TODO before restructure is ready for
scrutiny before taking over HEAD.  I'm hoping to have those done by the end
of this week.  I also have an upcoming proposal for splitting up CPU
families (e.g. sh3, sh4, sh5) and CPU subtypes (7709, 7750, 7751, etc.),
more on that later.

Feedback welcome.

M. R.