linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] Documentation/features: Add na key to arch-support.txt

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Message-ID: <55AB33F3.30307@hitachi.com>
Date:	Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:21:55 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>, mpe@...erman.id.au,
	mingo@...nel.org
CC:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] Documentation/features: Add na key to arch-support.txt

On 2015/07/17 19:51, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli wrote:
> To be used for features we will not support on a particular architecture.
> The git log that adds this needs to provide the justification 'why?'
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/features/arch-support.txt |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/features/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/arch-support.txt
> index d22a109..f2b272e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/features/arch-support.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/features/arch-support.txt
> @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ The meaning of entries in the tables is:
>      | ok |  # feature supported by the architecture
>      |TODO|  # feature not yet supported by the architecture
>      | .. |  # feature cannot be supported by the hardware
> +    | na |  # feature will not be supported by the architecture

"will not" sounds like someone's will. I guess it could be "feature is useless/needless
on the architecture".

Thank you,



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Masami HIRAMATSU
Linux Technology Research Center, System Productivity Research Dept.
Center for Technology Innovation - Systems Engineering
Hitachi, Ltd., Research & Development Group
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com
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