linux-kernel - Re: [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711271014550.2310@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:15:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	David Mosberger-Tang <dmosberger@...il.com>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch 04/14] ia64: Remove the __SMALL_ADDR_AREA attribute for
 per cpu access

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, David Mosberger-Tang wrote:

> On 11/26/07, Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> wrote:
> > The model(small) attribute is not supported by gcc 4.X. The tests
> > will always be negative today.
> 
> What was the rationale for removing this attribute?

The code is then similar across all architectures and can be moved into 
generic code.

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