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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:55:03 +0200 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com> 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 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? 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. Arnd -- 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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