linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARC: Remove ISS_SMP

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Message-ID: <1396954319.26620.28.camel@x220>
Date:	Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:51:59 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARC: Remove ISS_SMP_EXTN entirely

On Tue, 2014-04-08 at 12:42 +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> I just realized that this means you're only using ISS_SMP_EXTN as an
> alias for SMP, aren't you? Ie, smp.o will now be built if both
> ARC_PLAT_FPGA_LEGACY and SMP are set. That will not change by this
> patch.

Of course, the patch does add the ability to set both
ARC_PLAT_FPGA_LEGACY and SMP but still disable building smp.o. Would
that be a useful ability?

> So unless you're planning to do something else too if ISS_SMP_EXTN is
> set there seems to be little value in using this symbol like that.


Paul Bolle

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