linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, mrst: remove unused mrst_identify

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Message-ID: <20100725115524.76138396@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:55:24 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Javier Martinez Canillas <martinez.javier@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, mrst: remove unused mrst_identify_cpu()

On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:04:45 -0700
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> Jacob, is this obsolete or something that will be needed in future versions?
> 
> It seems that either __mrst_cpu_chip should be killed off, or read-only
> users should be using the inline instead of __mrst_cpu_chip directly.

And how is the inline going to access the variable if the variable isn't
global ...

Alan
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