linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/27] asm-generic: add legacy I/O header files

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Message-ID: <20090501144037.5a5dc65f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 1 May 2009 14:40:37 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/27] asm-generic: add legacy I/O header files

> In that case, I still think it would be good to have it in asm-generic.
> Half the architectures define it in this way currently, and new architectures
> would still have to think about it before falling back on the default.

Only if they noticed it was even present in the generic includes. Why
would they notice - meaningless code would just compile perfectly.
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