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Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:21:58 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] Convert CONFIG_SMP=y powerpc defconfigs to TREE_RCU.
From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@gmail.com>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>

Why would one want to do this?  The commit log doesn't explain the
switch and why it's great.  Mostly because the commit log doesn't
exist.  (I'll stop channeling Andrew now)

It also might be a good idea to CC the linuxppc-dev list for this
patch.  Or at least Kumar for the mpc86xx changes.

josh