Re: Location of PIC modules

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 21, 2008, at 10:07, Frank Wille wrote:

> Michael Lorenz wrote:
>
> > > I talked with garbled, and we came to the conclusion that it may
> > > be better to have all PICs in one place at powerpc/pic.
> > >
> > > What do you think? Are there any reasons against it?
> > > [...]
> > Heathrow and Ohare are strictly MD - the chips were designed by  
> > Apple  and aren't used anywhere but in Macs, I don't see why they  
> > should be  mixed with MI ones.
>
> Yes, same for my amigappc-PIC, and probably for the others too,
> but our intention was to keep them all together in one place for
> easier maintanance.
>
> When you think it is a bad idea, we can also leave the MD-PICs in
> their ports. I have no problem with it. That's the reason I asked.
> But we must at least come to a common decision about it.

I think port-specific code should live in port-specific directories.
Frankly,  don't see how lumping them all together would ease  
maintenance - quite the opposite actually, it would just add clutter.

have fun
Michael
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