linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] asm-generic: delay.h fix udelay and ndelay for 8 bit args

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Message-ID: <4E29CB4A.40508@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:11:06 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>
CC:	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] asm-generic: delay.h fix udelay and ndelay for 8
 bit args

On 07/22/2011 12:04 PM, Jonas Bonn wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 16:05 +0200, Jonas Bonn wrote:
>> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>>
>> With a non-constant 8-bit argument, a call to udelay() generates a warning:
>>
> <snip>
> 
>> ---
>>
>> Here's a patch that should resolve the merge conflict.  This applies
>> Andrew's changes on top of the new asm-generic/delay.h instead of the x86
>> arch-specific one.  I've tested this for OpenRISC and the changed macros
>> don't cause any problems there.
>>
>> Let me know if this is OK and I'll throw it into the OpenRISC tree together
>> with the other delay.h modifications.
>>
> 
> I haven't gotten any feedback on this... since the change looks
> appropriate to merge with the other changes to asm-generic/delay.h, I'll
> apply this patch there and carry the patch together with the other
> asm-generic/delay.h changes in the 'openrisc' tree.  Andrew can drop the
> patch from his series to avoid the merge conflict.
> 
> I hope that works for everybody...
> 

You may want to Cc: Arnd on this, since he's the asm-generic maintainer.

Otherwise, since this is zero work on our part, it obviously works for me.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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