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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