From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
To: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
Linux-Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] getting rid of suser/fsuser for good, first part
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:02:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020117180248.Q5235@khan.acc.umu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020117091203.N5235@khan.acc.umu.se> <20020117122704.E22171@suse.de>
In-Reply-To: <20020117122704.E22171@suse.de>; from davej@suse.de on Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 12:27:04PM +0100
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 12:27:04PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:12:03AM +0100, David Weinehall wrote:
> > It is after all 2.5-time, and hence time for a spring-cleaning.
> > These files are still naughty (feel free to fix!):
> >
> > arch/i386/kernel/mtrr.c
>
> This file in particular needs more than just a spring clean imo.
> As extra support was added for the different MTRR lookalikes,
> it got messier and messier until it turned into the goop we
> have now. Doing a real cleanup on this has been on my TODO for
> months now. Hopefully I'll get around to it in the 2.5 timeframe.
Agreed. I had a look in it, and it looked like a horrible mess.
/David
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2002-01-17 8:12 David Weinehall
2002-01-17 11:27 ` Dave Jones
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