From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1062C4A6 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:06:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz [195.113.26.193]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 428A9EA for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:05:57 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Linus Walleij Message-ID: <20150723220557.GA21018@amd> References: <20150723105711.GB30929@amd> <20150723121025.GA29747@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: Alan Tull , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] FPGAs and how to program them from kernel List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu 2015-07-23 15:00:57, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > On Thu 2015-07-23 13:26:32, Linus Walleij wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > >> > >> > >> > FPGAs are common in embedded systems, where they can provide missing > >> > hardware interfaces, directly implement functionality, or provide > >> > custom hardware modules. These days they become available for servers, > >> > too, where they can act as high-performance co-processors (which are > >> > tricky to program). > >> > > >> > People that might be interested: > >> > >> Alan Tull > >> Is sending patchsets for this, and would be the primary person to > >> invite for this topic: > >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=143714949226387&w=2 > > > > Actually, I had him in my original email, but without full name. > > Pavel > > Do you mean this: > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Alan Cox > > ;) Yes, happens easily, but did not happen this time: > > Steffen Trumtrar > Marek Vasut > Alan Cox :-). > (Happens easily, Linus Torvalds asked me to change my name > to avoid confusion...) Hmm, at one point, I had both real Linus Torvalds and fake Linus Torvalds on the cc list. And fake one tried helping me debugging graphics problems. It was weird. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html