Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:39:13 -0500 | | From | Steven Rostedt <> | | Subject | Re: powerpc: introduce asm/swab.h | |
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 09:11:42PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >
> > Even if fixing that to use __swab32() instead, then it fails because
> > this is defined after it's used. I worked around it using fswab in
> > there instead.
>
> That's the same patch I just sent out (but you changed comments too), so I
> obviously agree.
>
> x86 didn't see this (even in 32-bit mode) because it doesn't use that odd
> __SWAB_64_THRU_32__ case, but does the 64-bit swab with native code.
>
> Can you also verify that it works for you (not just compiles), just so
> that I can commit it?
I'm the one that originally told Ben about this breaking the PPC32 build.
His patch compiles on my PPC32 box. I just rebooted with the new kernel
and it boots.
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
-- Steve
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