Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: source dependencies cleanup? [was: Re: Linux-2.0.27 and 2.1.14] | From | Miguel de Icaza <> | Date | 04 Dec 1996 19:37:14 -0600 |
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> On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > Just go back to the old depend maker. The 2.1.14 one is badly broken in > > > its assumption that all includes exist for all architectures > > > > hmm, the asm/* files are almost the same for all platforms. Maybe it would > > make sense to split up dependencies in the arch directory and in the main > > kernel tree?
They are similar, but not quite the same. They have some subtle differences.
Ingo said:
> > In cases where there is a missing dependency, it might make sense to have > > a dummy include file... a placeholder. The c source would be simplified by > > having fewer conditionals. > > i think it would be a bit unclear why we have 'vm86.h' in asm-sparc?
Do we? I can't find that thingie around in my sparc tree, maybe a new addition. I bet Alan added that one for one of his crazy project :-).
-- miguel@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx The GNU Midnight Commander: http://www.linux.org/mc Linux/SPARC project: http://www.geog.ubc.ca/sparclinux.html
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