linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] add include/asm-avr32/xor.h

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Message-ID: <e9c3a7c20804141645k6bdb075ax25e57f41e45e5105@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:45:37 -0700
From:	"Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
Cc:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"Sebastian Siewior" <linux-crypto@...breakpoint.cc>,
	hskinnemoen@...el.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	davem@...emloft.net, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shannon.nelson@...el.com
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] add include/asm-avr32/xor.h

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
>  >  "arches" did not have to go through and figure out the fun little stub
>  >  file for xor.h.  Adrian already made your "life easier".
>
>  actually he didnt.  he posted a fix for avr32.  i dont care about
>  avr32, i'm a blackfin guy.  he also wouldnt have had to do anything at
>  all if everything was handled with indirection in linux/xor.h.
>
>  your point also is irrelevant in the case of new architectures.  poor
>  microblaze for example.
>

Don't get me wrong I see the pain-reducing-value in codifying all the
features that have architecture specific aspects with HAVE_* config
variables.  But in this case I think a 6 line patch per new arch gets
the immediate job done.

Regards,
Dan
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