> It seems to me that adding a new architecture probably doesn't impact
> the rest of the kernel much, so I am not sure way acceptance would be
> so long delayed. I have noticed that there has been minimal feedback
> to James, which he appears to have responded to quickly and well. I
> tend to think that any tweaks needed could be accomplished as easily
> once the code has been accepted into the kernel tree.
> Is there some justification for the delay that I have somehow
> overlooked?
Actually, the major criticism was that a new architecture can't be wedged into
the arch/i386 directory without changing an awful lot of critical files, which
is true (and also undesirable from a QA standpoint).
I addressed that by doing the i386 subarchitecture rework (which allows me to
slide all the voyager stuff in to the side). However, that still does a
hatchet job on arch/i386. There are also several other people working on
related issues in arch/i386, so it has become a slow job. The current status
is
- PCI rework - In Linus Kernel
- setup/cpu rework - in DJ kernel
I get to wait until the setup/cpu rework makes it to the Linus kernel so I can
slot in the arch subdivisions around it.
James
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