linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel: Move arches to use common unaligned access

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Message-Id: <1207935099.22001.94.camel@brick>
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:31:39 -0700
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel: Move arches to use common unaligned access

On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 16:50 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Consistency with every other arch..no other reason.
> 
> But not M68K(NOMMU), Alpha, Blackfin, Cris, H8300, MN10300, ..., but generally
> consistent with the other FRV headers (some other people have added differ).
> 
> Hmmm...  It looks like MIPS is weird.  That says __ASM_GENERIC_UNALIGNED_H,
> which is probably wrong.
> 
> David

Well, now's the time to decide on something as I'm changing every arch.

What is the general pattern used for this kind of thing?  Or am I just
asking what color to paint this bikeshed?

Harvey

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