linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/15] x86: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD

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Message-ID: <20090426183401.GA1622@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:34:01 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....EDU>,
	Waseem Daher <wdaher@....EDU>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....EDU>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....EDU>,
	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/15] x86: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros.

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:12:47AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > Btw, this one really needs to unify the two lds files first. Look at 
> > 
> > 	diff -u arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux_*.lds
> > 
> > output and realize that they're basially exctly the same except for 
> > trivial naming differences, and the fact that the64-bit version hs a 
> > "pgtable" thing.
> > 
> > So this really needs to be done by first unifying the thing so that there 
> > is _one_ arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S file with a preprocessor 
> > that takes care of the trivial differences [..]
> 
> Something like this?

Looks good/correct.
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

You should add your s-o-b if you expect Ingo to pick it up.

	Sam
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