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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:19:46 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: riel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ajackson@...hat.com, airlied@...hat.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] make access_process_vm work on device memory On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:13:22PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:01:32 +0200 > Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote: > > > > urgh. > > > > > > We have HAVE_ARCH* > > > We have __HAVE_ARCH* > > > We have ARCH_HAS* > > > We have __ARCH_HAS* > > > > > > what a mess. > > > > > > Probably the preferred (but still ugly) approach is to implement > > > CONFIG_ARCH_*. > > Only if it is a Kconfig symbol. > > > > We have recently started to use 'HAVE_*' for boolean symbols used > > to select a specific function for one architecture. > > See arch/Kconfig for a few samples. > > > > And Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt for usage hints. > > > > I think what you're telling us is to use CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT? I think so. But I just stumbled upon this mail and have not even tried to follow what you discuss. So yes - if it is a kconfig symbol. And if it is a bool. And if it has no dependencies, or we can create a helper with no dependencies - so yes. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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