linux-kernel - Re: PATCH one line: "vmlinux*.lds*" is in Documentation/dontdiff

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Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:57:53 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Etienne Lorrain <etienne_lorrain@...oo.fr>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH one line: "vmlinux*.lds*" is in Documentation/dontdiff

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:20:07PM +0100, Etienne Lorrain wrote:
>  Hi,
> 
>  Please can you remove vmlinux*.lds* of Documentation/dontdiff from linux-2.6.24-rc7,
> because a command like:
> diff -urN -X linux-2.6.24/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.24 linux-2.6.24-gujin
>  does not include modifications of file "arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S".
> 
>  Note also that the two files vmlinux_32.lds.S and vmlinux_64.lds.S have few lines
> which begin by "space space tab", but I do not want to start a flamewar in between
> vi, emacs and this other text editor...
Both these files are in a need for a consistency cleanup.
Have done so a few times but then lost the patch again.

Other like for example sparc64 have had such a cleanup.

	Sam
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