From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: dsaxena@plexity.net
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow kernel to build on Cygwin
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:18:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45DF845B.3020602@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070223034343.GA3320@plexity.net>
Deepak Saxena wrote:
> This patch contains a set of small fixes to allow the kernel to build under
> the Cygwin environment, which is unfortunately used by more people than
> one would think in the embedded world. :(
>
> Signed-off-by: Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@mvista.com>
I have one major problem with this patch: none of the hacks are
commented, which invites cargo cult programming by people who needs to
further maintain the code.
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-24 0:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-23 3:43 [PATCH] Allow kernel to build on Cygwin Deepak Saxena
2007-02-23 20:37 ` Matthieu CASTET
2007-02-23 23:17 ` Deepak Saxena
2007-02-24 0:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-24 22:55 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-02-24 23:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-02-24 0:18 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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