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

[Dan Williams]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >  "arches" did not have to go through and figure out the fun little stub
>  >  file for xor.h.  Adrian already made your "life easier".
>
>  actually he didnt.  he posted a fix for avr32.  i dont care about
>  avr32, i'm a blackfin guy.  he also wouldnt have had to do anything at
>  all if everything was handled with indirection in linux/xor.h.
>
>  your point also is irrelevant in the case of new architectures.  poor
>  microblaze for example.
>

Don't get me wrong I see the pain-reducing-value in codifying all the
features that have architecture specific aspects with HAVE_* config
variables.  But in this case I think a 6 line patch per new arch gets
the immediate job done.

Regards,
Dan
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