linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/4] Cell SPE logos

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0707131108320.18802@pademelon.sonytel.be>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:09:48 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] Cell SPE logos

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:52:10 +0200 (CEST) Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > Summaries:
> > > >   [1] fbdev: extract fb_show_logo_line()
> > > >   [2] fbdev: Add fb_append_extra_logo()
> > > 
> > > This one does give additional code and data to all fbdev users while only
> > > being useful to cell machines.  Should we fix that?
> > 
> > I can protect it by #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_CELL (as long as there are no other
> > users). Would that be OK?
> 
> umm, your call.  If that makes sense, sure.

I just don't like putting platform-specific checks in common code.

Perhaps I better add CONFIG_FB_LOGO_EXTRA and make it depend on
CONFIG_PPC_CELL?

With kind regards,
 
Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect

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