Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 07 May 2003 08:08:38 -0700 | From | george anzinger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] asm-generic magic |
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Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 02:35:42AM -0700, george anzinger wrote: > >>If the arch wanted to supply only some of the content, the configure >>option as is used with some today, is still available. CURRENT USAGE >>IS NOT AFFECTED. > > > The usage of magic symlinks shall be kept minimal. > The asm -> $(ARCH)-asm symlink already has caused me troubles when > doing cross compilation. Also the separate obj tree patch treats > the symlink with special care. > > the gain should be high introducing one more symlink. > For what I understood the gain is only to avoid a couple of > one line files that include another file. Not enough to justify a > second symlink IMHO.
That is a good point. To the other side, the symlink is arch independent and is just "asm->." Also, if you are introducing a file with asm code, you either cause all "other" archs to fail (till they catch up) or you must introduce the simple one line file in each arch.
-- George Anzinger george@mvista.com High-res-timers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/ Preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml
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