From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263208AbTEGOSp (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 10:18:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263212AbTEGOSp (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 10:18:45 -0400 Received: from pasmtp.tele.dk ([193.162.159.95]:18700 "EHLO pasmtp.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263208AbTEGOSo (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 10:18:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 16:30:59 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: george anzinger Cc: "David S. Miller" , akpm@zip.com.au, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, mec@shout.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] asm-generic magic Message-ID: <20030507143059.GA1057@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: george anzinger , "David S. Miller" , akpm@zip.com.au, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, mec@shout.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3EB75924.1080304@mvista.com> <1052205991.983.13.camel@rth.ninka.net> <3EB817C9.8020603@mvista.com> <20030506.195511.74729679.davem@redhat.com> <3EB8D36E.10206@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EB8D36E.10206@mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 02:35:42AM -0700, george anzinger wrote: > If the arch wanted to supply only some of the content, the configure > option as is used with some today, is still available. CURRENT USAGE > IS NOT AFFECTED. The usage of magic symlinks shall be kept minimal. The asm -> $(ARCH)-asm symlink already has caused me troubles when doing cross compilation. Also the separate obj tree patch treats the symlink with special care. the gain should be high introducing one more symlink. For what I understood the gain is only to avoid a couple of one line files that inculde another file. Not enough to justify a second symlink IMHO. Sam