Re: [2.6 patch] add include/asm-avr32/xor.h

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Mon Apr 14 2008 - 17:50:27 EST


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Sebastian Siewior
<linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Adrian Bunk | 2008-04-14 21:15:36 [+0300]:
> >> >601f75e99c076c16e2648f4860cac4fc6ce187ea diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/xor.h b/include/asm-avr32/xor.h
> >> >new file mode 100644
> >> >index 0000000..99c87aa
> >> >--- /dev/null
> >> >+++ b/include/asm-avr32/xor.h
> >> >@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> >> >+#ifndef _ASM_XOR_H
> >> >+#define _ASM_XOR_H
> >> >+
> >> >+#include <asm-generic/xor.h>
> >> >+
> >> >+#endif
> >>
> >> What about providing <linux/xor.h> which includes the right file from
> >> asm/ or asm-generic/ depending on HAVE_.* ?
> >
> >Where's the advantage?
>
> This week you are going through avr32. The same fixup is required for
> blackfin or cris if my ls isn't lying. So either you fix every arch
> with this missing include or you provide a generic include and every
> arch that provides a private xor.h includes it. From what I can see
> almost every arch includes the generic except for x86 & sparc so most
> xor.h files are identical copies and this is probably as bad as a
> trailing white space :)

indeed. the less work for arches the better :).
-mike
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