linux-kernel - Re: simplify numerous param.h's by including <asm-generic/param.h>?

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Message-ID: <9192.1262110147@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:09:07 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: simplify numerous param.h's by including <asm-generic/param.h>?

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:30:23 EST, "Robert P. J. Day" said:
> 
>   a brief perusal of the numerous param.h files under
> arch/<arch>/include/asm shows that most of them could be replaced with
> a simple
> 
>   #include <asm-generic/param.h>

>   worth doing?  not worth doing?

Anytime you can fix "You are in a twisty maze of #include files, all subtly
different" issues, it is a Good Thing.

Thanks for all the de-cruftifying efforts you've made.

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