linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new streaming format

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Message-ID: <51E72752.9020206@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:22:58 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
CC:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	celinux-dev@...ts.celinuxforum.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, hyojun.im@....com,
	chan.jeong@....com, raphael.andy.lee@...il.com,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Yann Collet <yann.collet.73@...il.com>,
	Chanho Min <chanho.min@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new
 streaming format

On 07/17/2013 03:30 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> 
> At the very least we'd have to decide if this is available only for
> booleans/tristates, or for any type? Your implementation seems to make
> it valid for strings/ints, too.
> 

I feel the test should *export* a boolean.

It is worth noting that one of the things that keep getting brought up
as something that need this is gcc/binutils support for a specific feature.

	-hpa


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