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SubjectRe: [PATCH] trivial fix for 2.6.11 raid6 compilation on ppc w/ Altivec
* Olof Johansson (olof@austin.ibm.com) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 05:59:51PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > This patch doesn't seem right - current 2.6.11 has:
> >
> > return cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features & CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC;
>
> The patch was against what Greg had already pushed into the
> linux-release.bkbits.net 2.6.11 tree, i.e. not what's in mainline.
> You're right, your revised patch would apply against mainline.
>
> However: This patch shouldn't go to mainline, since
> ppc-ppc64-abstract-cpu_feature-checks.patch in your tree takes care of
> the problem. I'd like the abstraction/cleanup patch to be merged upstream
> instead of the #ifdef hack once the tree opens up.

Olof's patch is in the linux-release tree, so this brings up a point
regarding merging. If the quick fix is to be replaced by a better fix
later (as in this case) there's some room for merge conflict. Does this
pose a problem for either -mm or Linus' tree?

thanks,
-chris
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