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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ARM: Remove BUILD_BUG_ON from asm/bug.h
On 01/03/12 14:40, Simon Glass wrote:
> Yes that is the reason, but ARM is not unique in this matter, and
> other archs do not have this check. I did suggest a solution in this
> thread involving putting the check in a C file instead of header. But
> it needs an arch-specific #define to specify the size expected by the
> assembler, and has the disadvantage of moving the check away from the
> assembler code.
>
> It's not that we don't want this check, more that it is not essential
> (since there is currently no mismatch), it is causing problems and it
> is risky to try to solve this problem some other way at this late
> stage in 3.2. So the easiest thing is to remove it, to match other
> archs.

Fair enough. I now see the other thread where this has all been
discussed. Sorry for the noise.

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