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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 06:41:18 +0800 From: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com> To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> CC: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, eparis@...hat.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, zhenglong.cai@...c.com.cn, khilman@...aro.org, ak@...ux.intel.com, mcgrof@...e.com, fabf@...net.be, "dhowells@...hat.com" <dhowells@...hat.com>, pefoley2@...oley.com, mgorman@...e.de, biederm@...ssion.com, "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: Add ENDIAN attributes for all architectures using On 09/15/2014 09:55 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Sunday 14 September 2014, Chen Gang wrote: >> Hello Maintainers: >> >> Is this patch worthy enough to be applied? >> >> Welcome any ideas, suggestions or completions. > > I find it hard to judge whether it's worth it or not. You gave one example > for a driver that needs this, but what would be your estimate on how > many other drivers have the same problem, either producing a #warning > or misbehaving if neither symbol is set? > For me, it is also hard to judge, so at present, we can assume it is not worthy enough for other individual modules. > Having all architectures consistently report the endianess would be nice, > but we have to weigh the advantages (currently broken code, potential > simplifications) against the regression risk. > Yeah, so our 'goal' is OK, but we need focus on 'how'. At present, firstly need modify 'init/Kconfig', and then scan all architectures one by one, let each related patch pass checking by the related maintainers (which can avoid the risk). Thanks. -- Chen Gang Open share and attitude like air water and life which God blessed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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