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From: Tony Ibbs <tibs@kynesim.co.uk>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Linux-embedded <linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org>,
	Richard Watts <rrw@kynesim.co.uk>,
	Tibs at home <tibs@tibsnjoan.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:59:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110203165928.796651d5@spoon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110128191837.GA6781@merkur.ravnborg.org>

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:20:42 +0100
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:

> [Edited cc: list as my smtp server refused to send the original reply]

Apologies - I had copied down Grant Likely's email address wrong at ELCE.

> > Should I just submit the patch to this list?
> 
> You will get more feedback on lkml...

Indeed. I hoped to start small.

> - use __u32 (and friends) in exported headers - not uint32_t.

OK. I'd missed that. Presumably I should also be using u32 and friends
inside the kernel module itself, instead of uint32_t...

> - do not invent our own logging system. Use one of the standard
> methods.

I vaguely remember having a reason for that. Doubtless it was a bad
one. I shall attend to it.

> If you post for review try to divide it up a little.
> Maybe kbus.c in one patch, Makefile + Kconfig in last patch.
> It is a large file to review already.

That's useful guidance. I shall amend the code as suggested above and
resubmit as smaller, inline patches.

Tibs

  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-03 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-28 17:50 [RFC][PATCH] KBUS messaging subsystem Tony Ibbs
2011-01-28 19:20 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-02-03 16:59   ` Tony Ibbs [this message]
     [not found] <20110128180158.6f670a51@spoon>
2011-02-02  3:40 ` Grant Likely
2011-02-03 17:04   ` Tony Ibbs
2011-02-03 17:32     ` Grant Likely
2011-02-06 21:07       ` Tony Ibbs

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