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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:35:44 +0100 (CET)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: cpu/cpu.h cleanup
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On Sun, 22 Mar 2009, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> Is it worth to move arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h data to asm/cpu.h and if
> required we can also make it private like:
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> #ifndef MODULE
> private data for kernel only
> #endif
> #endif
> 
> By this way we move header files to include directory. Or you have some
> better option.

There is no option at all. The header files which are in source
directories stay just where they are.

They are there for a reason. Have you even looked which files include
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h ?

Thanks,

	tglx