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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 04:14:33 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Nicolas Iooss <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	bp@...e.de, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, nicolas.iooss_linux@....org
Subject: [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: Remove unused 'is_big_kernel' variable

Commit-ID:  25b4caf7c50e8c501310e8c515d8518b1850c948
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/25b4caf7c50e8c501310e8c515d8518b1850c948
Author:     Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@....org>
AuthorDate: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 13:35:58 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:16:58 +0100

x86/boot: Remove unused 'is_big_kernel' variable

Variable is_big_kernel is defined in arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c but
never used anywhere.

Boris noted that its usage went away 7 years ago, as of:

  5e47c478b0b6 ("x86: remove zImage support")

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@....org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455453358-4088-1-git-send-email-nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
index a7661c4..0702d25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ typedef unsigned int   u32;
 
 /* This must be large enough to hold the entire setup */
 u8 buf[SETUP_SECT_MAX*512];
-int is_big_kernel;
 
 #define PECOFF_RELOC_RESERVE 0x20