linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/11] section name cleanup for x86

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Message-ID: <20090501153434.GA11203@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 1 May 2009 17:34:34 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.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>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@....edu>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] section name cleanup for x86


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 01:58:49PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU> wrote:
> > 
> > > This patch series cleans up the section names on the x86
> > > architecture.  It requires the architecture-independent macro
> > > definitions from this patch series:
> > > 
> > > <http://www.spinics.net/lists/mips/msg33499.html>
> > 
> > Hm, we cannot pick the x86 bits up into the x86 tree without 
> > having these macros upstream first. So those macros need acks 
> > from Sam and maybe Linus will take them out of order. (they are 
> > pure additions so they look fairly safe and uncontroversial)
> 
> Thats the plan.

Okay - it was a bit confusing at first because the patch-set was 
posted to us x86 maintainers but had such a generic dependency.
I'll wait for you to sort it all out :)

	Ingo
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