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<wpwrak>
xiangfu: ah, the dirty hacks are coming back to haunt us ...
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<larsc>
wpwrak: nah, set_irq_chip_data is just called irq_set_chip_data now
<larsc>
tlgx did a big namespace cleanup
<larsc>
tglx
<wpwrak>
oh, good. thanks !
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<xiangfu>
larsc, thanks that is why grep give nothing.
<whitequark>
wpwrak: can you answer a few questions about laser cut cases?
<whitequark>
or, generally, cnc-machined ones
<wpwrak>
xiangfu: can you fix this with a patch in the owrt build ? or do you need a change from me "upstream" ? i'm not set up for doing anything with wpan at the moment, even the bens are buried under layers of milkymists and midi devices, so it would be a bit inconvenient for me
<whitequark>
and I know that precision of the machine is X mm and the width of cut is Y mm
<whitequark>
how much margin should I leave for the machine for the details to be connectable yet not too loose?
<wpwrak>
larsc: fire away ! ;-) and always remember the quantity-vs-quality formula: #missiles = (deviation/blast_radius)^2
<whitequark>
larsc: what country do you dislike so much?
<wpwrak>
whitequark: hmm, i usually leave 0.05-0.1 mm between mating parts. but that also depends on the cutting process
<whitequark>
hm, 0.1mm is the precision of cutting process afaik (well, it depends on the fab and I still don't know what one would I use...)
<wpwrak>
i.e., you may have to make adjustments when going from (ideal) design to the toolpath
<wpwrak>
would be be a problem if you had to sand off some plastic (at the interconnecting parts) ?
<whitequark>
no, it's an one-time, one-part project
<wpwrak>
then you could even leave no gap
<whitequark>
sandpaper wins as usual. nice.
<wpwrak>
it's easy to create a gap by sanding off things. much harder to close one because they're loose. (well, there's always silicone :)
<whitequark>
oh, silicone is nice. it won't even damage the look (mostly)
<whitequark>
ok. what about screws?
<wpwrak>
yes, how will you keep things in place ? :)
<whitequark>
the image only shows a part of the case
<whitequark>
it's an M1 case clone. well, it wasn't supposed to be, but turns out that I just followed the easiest path and now I have an M1 case clone
<wpwrak>
;-)
<whitequark>
ah I know. I'll ditch rounded corners and make them 45° cut.
<whitequark>
then it won't be a clone.
<whitequark>
also: more BSG-ish look.
<wpwrak>
good. then roh won't sue you ;-)
<whitequark>
did he patented the case? :D
<wpwrak>
roh: see, you didn't have to hire all those laywers from apple vs. samsung after all
<whitequark>
the funniest thing about apple vs. samsung is that they still use "some" samsung's services
<whitequark>
for example, CPUs in latest iphone come from samsung
<whitequark>
which leads me to the conclusion that it's just marketing
<wpwrak>
oh, i'm sure samsung will comply with all the contracts they've made. in apple's place, i'd worry a lot more about what happens when these contracts end ...
<whitequark>
ah. sure, contracts. companies are just like children having a grudge one against another, but the former, unlike the latter, have contracts.
<larsc>
well, samsung != samsung. the samsung thats manufacturing the A5 is probably not the samsung that builds the smartphones
<wolfspraul>
yes, not the same
<wolfspraul>
those are all large business units that are managed independently, except for belonging to the same parent group
<wolfspraul>
'large' meaning each of those units has thousands of employees
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<whitequark>
yes
<whitequark>
but I assume that lawyers don't care because parent company is the same
<whitequark>
i.e. they share the responsibilites
<wolfspraul>
lawyers care most that they can send bills for every working hour and every page of written text somewhere
<wolfspraul>
if that's the case, they will start writing :-)
<wolfspraul>
and I mean this in a respectful way of course, the legal system is very important imho
<wolfspraul>
if you see a lawyer doing something you think is 'bad', you better look for who is paying and instructing the lawyer
<larsc>
just for the record: for the irq namespace cleanup issue there is a coccinelle script which does a automatic conversion of old code. https://tglx.de/~tglx/genirq-namespace.cocci