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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/6] include/linux/unaligned/{l,b}e_byteshift.h: Fix usage for compressed kernels
On Mon,  3 Aug 2009 16:58:17 +0200
Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@free-electrons.com> wrote:

> When unaligned accesses are required for uncompressing a kernel (such as
> for LZO decompression on ARM in a patch that follows), including
> <linux/kernel.h> causes issues as it brings in a lot of things that are
> not available in the decompression environment.
> However, those files apparently use nothing from <linux/kernel.h>, all
> they need is the declaration of types such as u32 or u64, so
> <linux/types.h> should be enough

Again, please provide a full description of thes "issues" which a patch
addresses so that the patch's importance can be understood by others,
thanks.


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