linux-mvl-dove (2.6.32-410.26) maverick; urgency=low
[ Stefan Bader ]
* Rebased to 2.6.32-25.43
[ Upstream Kernel Changes ]
* dove: make galcore built-in
- LP: #625090
* dove: make BMM driver built-in
- LP: #625090
* dove: fix incorrect bus base of macro __io()
- LP: #60
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/linux-mvl-dove
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[dove] Need to make galcore.ko and bmm_drv.ko built-in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625090
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why do you guys think that having this driver built in will save boot time?
the driver can be loaded in very short time:
r...@ubuntu-laptop:~# time modprobe galcore
real0m0.049s
user0m0.020s
sys 0m0.010s
also, I see in the git that you reverted the patch the makes this driver static
** Description changed:
As discussed with pitti and NCommander, the benefits of making them
built-in are:
1) to improve the boot performance a bit by avoiding modprobe these two
modules
2) to avoid the nasty hacks to the /etc/modules and /etc/modprobe.d as these
two modules doesn't su
