linux-kernel - Re: wakeup code translated to .c

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Date:	Mon, 4 Feb 2008 01:05:02 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: wakeup code translated to .c

On Mon 2008-02-04 00:59:38, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, 4 of February 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > BTW, I don't like the way in which the 'struct wakeup_header' fields are
> > > reproduced in rm/wakeup.S very much, because it makes the code fragile.
> > > It might be better to define the offsets in asm-offsets*.c and refer to them
> > > relative to wakeup_header (if possible).
> > 
> > If you can do that.. yes, that would be nice. I triple-checked it, but
> > indeed is fragile.
> 
> Do you want me to remove the unused fields from 'struct wakeup_header' too?

I think I did that already. My wakeup.S/wakeup.h is attached. If you
can find more unused fields, kill them for sure.

(I'm not sure about fields needed on 32-bit only. I'm leaving them in
because it does not really matter).


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