linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/9] actual generic PAGE

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Date:	Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:47:43 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
To:	Martin Waitz <tali@...ingilde.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/9] actual generic PAGE_SIZE infrastructure

On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 13:20 +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 03:16:06PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > * Define ASM_CONST() macro to help using constants in both assembly
> >   and C code.  Several architectures have some form of this, and
> >   they will be consolidated around this one.
> 
> arm uses UL() for this and I think this is much more readable than
> ASM_CONST().  Can we please change the name of this macro?

I don't have any real problem with changing it, but I fear that the ppc
guys will want it the _other_ way. ;)

Do you really mind if we just keep it as it is?  If there is some
further disagreement on it, I'll change it.

-- Dave

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