Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Ingo Molnar wrote: ( Hey, and maybe someone is crazy enough to try to port the math-emu code to 64-bit and boot Linux up on 64-bit with all user-space FPU ops emulated. It would be one of the most useless hacks of all times, and that certainly has a certain kind of sick appeal to it,

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for the Makefiles - I looked at them last time and only issue that > kept me away for unifying them was that I did not understand the > linking order requirments and I did not see enough benefit at that > time to invest the time to unify them.

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Harvey Harrison
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:38 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > no strong opinion from me - but i think it should be obvious to the > > developer when they are looking at a .c file that it's 32-bit only (or > > 64-bit only). I.e. the default is that whatever .c file we look at is > > unified -

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Sam Ravnborg
> > no strong opinion from me - but i think it should be obvious to the > developer when they are looking at a .c file that it's 32-bit only (or > 64-bit only). I.e. the default is that whatever .c file we look at is > unified - and in that sense relocs.c breaks that general expectation. I

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Harvey Harrison
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:11 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file > > > names untouched if they were only present in one of the previous > > > architectures. I.e. pure 32-bit and pure

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file > > names untouched if they were only present in one of the previous > > architectures. I.e. pure 32-bit and pure 64-bit files were not > > renamed to _32/_64. > > > > Now that

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Harvey Harrison
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:52 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Yinghai Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? > > > > it is only used for 32 bit, even it is host app. > > during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file names > untouched if they

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Yinghai Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? > > it is only used for 32 bit, even it is host app. during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file names untouched if they were only present in one of the previous architectures. I.e. pure

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Chris Snook
Yinghai Lu wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 12:33 AM, Chris Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yinghai Lu wrote: why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? Because we're trying to get rid of all the _32 and _64 files? but that file is not need for x86_64 Which means there's no conflict with any 64-bit

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Yinghai Lu
On Jan 31, 2008 12:33 AM, Chris Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yinghai Lu wrote: > > why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? > > Because we're trying to get rid of all the _32 and _64 files? but that file is not need for x86_64 YH -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Chris Snook
Yinghai Lu wrote: why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? Because we're trying to get rid of all the _32 and _64 files? -- Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Yinghai Lu
why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? it is only used for 32 bit, even it is host app. YH -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Chris Snook
Yinghai Lu wrote: why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? Because we're trying to get rid of all the _32 and _64 files? -- Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Yinghai Lu
On Jan 31, 2008 12:33 AM, Chris Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yinghai Lu wrote: why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? Because we're trying to get rid of all the _32 and _64 files? but that file is not need for x86_64 YH -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Chris Snook
Yinghai Lu wrote: On Jan 31, 2008 12:33 AM, Chris Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yinghai Lu wrote: why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? Because we're trying to get rid of all the _32 and _64 files? but that file is not need for x86_64 Which means there's no conflict with any 64-bit

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Yinghai Lu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? it is only used for 32 bit, even it is host app. during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file names untouched if they were only present in one of the previous architectures. I.e. pure 32-bit

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Harvey Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file names untouched if they were only present in one of the previous architectures. I.e. pure 32-bit and pure 64-bit files were not renamed to _32/_64. Now that we've got lots

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Harvey Harrison
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:11 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Harvey Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file names untouched if they were only present in one of the previous architectures. I.e. pure 32-bit and pure 64-bit files

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Harvey Harrison
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:52 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Yinghai Lu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why not rename relocs.c to relocs_32.c? it is only used for 32 bit, even it is host app. during the big first phase of unification we generally kept file names untouched if they were only

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Sam Ravnborg
no strong opinion from me - but i think it should be obvious to the developer when they are looking at a .c file that it's 32-bit only (or 64-bit only). I.e. the default is that whatever .c file we look at is unified - and in that sense relocs.c breaks that general expectation. I for one

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Harvey Harrison
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:38 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: no strong opinion from me - but i think it should be obvious to the developer when they are looking at a .c file that it's 32-bit only (or 64-bit only). I.e. the default is that whatever .c file we look at is unified - and in

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Sam Ravnborg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the Makefiles - I looked at them last time and only issue that kept me away for unifying them was that I did not understand the linking order requirments and I did not see enough benefit at that time to invest the time to unify them. Each of

Re: about relocs.c on x86

2008-01-31 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Ingo Molnar wrote: ( Hey, and maybe someone is crazy enough to try to port the math-emu code to 64-bit and boot Linux up on 64-bit with all user-space FPU ops emulated. It would be one of the most useless hacks of all times, and that certainly has a certain kind of sick appeal to it,