* Architecture-specific include files
@ 2001-04-22 20:01 Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-22 22:23 ` Jeff Dike
2001-04-26 1:51 ` Jes Sorensen
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From: Matthew Wilcox @ 2001-04-22 20:01 UTC (permalink / raw
To: linux-kernel
Something which came up in one of the hallway discussions at the
kernelsummit was that a lot of the architecture maintainers would find
it more convenient if the arch-specific header files were moved from
include/asm-$ARCH to arch/$ARCH/include. Since we use a symlink _anyway_,
no global changes to include statements are necessary, we'd merely need
to change Makefile from
symlinks:
rm -f include/asm
( cd include ; ln -sf asm-$(ARCH) asm)
to
symlinks:
rm -f include/asm
( cd include ; ln -sf ../arch/$(ARCH)/include asm)
Would anyone have a problem with this change? It'll make for a hell
of a big patch from Linus, but it really will simplify the lives of the
architecture maintainers.
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* Re: Architecture-specific include files
2001-04-22 20:01 Architecture-specific include files Matthew Wilcox
@ 2001-04-22 22:23 ` Jeff Dike
2001-04-26 1:51 ` Jes Sorensen
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From: Jeff Dike @ 2001-04-22 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Matthew Wilcox; +Cc: linux-kernel
matthew@wil.cx said:
> Would anyone have a problem with this change?
UML already has a arch/um/include for private headers that the rest of the
kernel is not allowed to see.
It would mean moving it, which is not a big deal.
Jeff
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* Re: Architecture-specific include files
2001-04-22 20:01 Architecture-specific include files Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-22 22:23 ` Jeff Dike
@ 2001-04-26 1:51 ` Jes Sorensen
2001-04-27 10:47 ` Pavel Machek
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From: Jes Sorensen @ 2001-04-26 1:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Matthew Wilcox; +Cc: linux-kernel
>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> writes:
Matthew> Something which came up in one of the hallway discussions at
Matthew> the kernelsummit was that a lot of the architecture
Matthew> maintainers would find it more convenient if the
Matthew> arch-specific header files were moved from include/asm-$ARCH
Matthew> to arch/$ARCH/include. Since we use a symlink _anyway_, no
Matthew> global changes to include statements are necessary, we'd
Matthew> merely need to change Makefile from
[snip]
Matthew> Would anyone have a problem with this change? It'll make for
Matthew> a hell of a big patch from Linus, but it really will simplify
Matthew> the lives of the architecture maintainers.
I don't see what it saves, except for the fact you just have to run
diff -urN once instead of twice when you want to send Linus a large
diff. Or am I missing something?
Jes
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* Re: Architecture-specific include files
2001-04-26 1:51 ` Jes Sorensen
@ 2001-04-27 10:47 ` Pavel Machek
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From: Pavel Machek @ 2001-04-27 10:47 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Jes Sorensen; +Cc: Matthew Wilcox, linux-kernel
Hi!
> Matthew> Something which came up in one of the hallway discussions at
> Matthew> the kernelsummit was that a lot of the architecture
> Matthew> maintainers would find it more convenient if the
> Matthew> arch-specific header files were moved from include/asm-
> Matthew> to arch//include. Since we use a symlink _anyway_, no
> Matthew> global changes to include statements are necessary, we'd
> Matthew> merely need to change Makefile from
>
> [snip]
>
> Matthew> Would anyone have a problem with this change? It'll make for
> Matthew> a hell of a big patch from Linus, but it really will simplify
> Matthew> the lives of the architecture maintainers.
>
> I don't see what it saves, except for the fact you just have to run
> diff -urN once instead of twice when you want to send Linus a large
> diff. Or am I missing something?
Saving one diff urN is nice, plus you can distribute your architecture
as tar file more easily, plus it is easier to put just your arch in cvs.
I like it.
Pavel
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