linux-kernel - Re: [build fix] Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI part 1

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Message-ID: <20080716144602.GB4369@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:46:02 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [build fix] Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI part 1


* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 04:18:05PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > btw., about the technical aspects of the solution, i'm not sure i like 
> > these big #ifdef blocks:
> 
> It's partly the nature of the beast.  There's already several large
> #ifdef blocks in compat_ioctl.c -- CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_VT, 
> #CONFIG_SPARC, etc.  I think what would help is a bit more grouping so 
> #individual blocks get bigger.

yeah, that's OK - but why is scsi.h #ifdef-ed? For example we can 
include blkdev.h without #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK.

	Ingo
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