Re: Where to put new keyboard driver
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
8 Aug 1999 21:55:14 GMT
Followup to: <006f01bee1b6$360cd260$b8119526@ltc.com>
By author: "Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@ltc.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > > arch/m68k/. I presume that when someone (Linus?) reorganizes things
> that
> > > zorro/ will be moved to the arch/.../amiga/ directories. Does that
> > > further imply that the same kind of tree structure will be applied to
> > > arch/platform?
> >
> > Zorro is used by two platforms Linux-ppc Amiga and Linux-m68k amiga.
> >
> > > called an Apple Network Server, that has an LCD display, unlike any
> other
> > > PowerMac. A character driver for the LCD display has been written, the
> > > only real question is where it should be placed. As the current source
> >
> > I would assume drivers/macintosh
> >
> > Alan
>
> What is the rule of thumb for deciding whether to put a platform-specific
> driver in drivers/myplatform or arch/myarch/myplatform?
>
In general, if <myplatform> is tied to a specific *CPU* architecture,
then it goes under arch, otherwise drivers/<myplatform> is definitely
the choice.
Not very many platforms are really that tied to the CPU.
-hpa
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