linux-kernel - Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0808041750110.16461@anakin>
Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:00:53 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	linux arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include - time for ARCHs to convert

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sunday 03 August 2008, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > There seem to be 3 classes of m68knommu header files:
> >   1. Plain files (some of them may be (nearly) identical copies of the
> >      m68k variants,
> 
> For reference, I found the files auxvec.h, device.h, emergency-restart.h,
> futex.h, ioctl.h, irq_regs.h, kdebug.h, mutex.h and topology.h to be
> entirely identical, so you may remove the m68knommu variants with your
> approach.

Thanks for the list!

> >   2. Files that just include the m68k variant,
> >   3. Files that include the m68k variant and do something more (pci.h and
> >      setup.h).
> >
> > Since I don't think we want to do the m68k/m68knommu merge right now
> > (Sorry Arnd, I'll keep your script in mind anyway!), the simplest way is to:
> >  - Remove all files from class 2, and add to the Makefile:
> 
> Does this work with the exported headers? I guess it should if you
> always use the m68k exports for m68knommu as well, but if that's
> possible is is a question you haven't answered yet.

Oops, forgot about the exported headers... Don't know. Sam?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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