On Thursday 08 January 2009, Kamoolkar, Mugdha wrote: > However, in the current DSPLink 1.xx versions, we are not making > further efforts to bring DSPLink into the mainline, because we > foresee significant changes required within internal DSPLink > architecture to enable usage as any other Linux driver. We are > planning to take this up in the next-generation version of DSPLink > that modularizes DSPLink further and specifically targets Linux'ization > as one of the activities.
If I read "linux-ization" as "merging to mainline" -- though it's not clear if that is what you mean -- then the short answer to my question is that there are notions of such a merge, but they're only in very early stages ... so a merge in 2009 won't happen, and one in 2010 seems unlikely too. > This would not only make DSPLink more Linux friendly, but would > internally structure it such that it matches the look and feel > of other Linux drivers. This activity is currently only in the > planning stage, but we will keep the community in the loop for > the discussions. Towards that, we would really appreciate feedback > on what are the main things in DSPLink that are currently 'pain > areas' when working on community Linux. There are some patches, ISTR from Nokia, to talk to OMAP3 C64x+ DSP ... which seem like they'll merge to mainline for 2.6.30. They just missed the 2.6.29 merge window. I'm not a DSPLink user, but it looks to me like some "pain" will be a part of the future because of that divergence. In general, relying on out-of-mainline code for critical features makes pain. - Dave _______________________________________________ Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list [email protected] http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source
