APPLIED: [PULL][Xenial] ThunderX PCIe support

[Tim Gardner]

On 03/16/2016 07:14 PM, Dann Frazier wrote:
> The drivers for Cavium's ThunderX platforms have hit linux-next. This
> backports them to Xenial. I tested on a ThunderX system and an X-Gene
> (for regression).
> 
> I've also tested on a Dragonboard 410c. For that test, I applied these
> patches to the 4.4.0-1009.9 release, but left them disabled in the
> config. The patches required some minor tweaking to apply in
> Kconfig/Makefile/MAINTAINERS because the dragonboard branch is also
> carrying a new PCI driver.
> 
> This changeset includes a refactoring of the pci-generic driver to
> permit code reuse. pci-generic is currently ARM-specific, and I'm not
> aware of any system that Ubuntu currently supports that uses it.
> However, I am aware that a refactoring may complicate the application
> stable backports. I'll volunteer to resolve any such porting problems.
> 

We'll keep that in mind. Of course, you can't leave for 5 years now.

rtg
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