[PATCH][ ARM cpu hotplug 1/2 ] extract common code for arm cpu hotplug

[robherring2@gmail.com (Rob Herring)]

On 11/30/2010 05:03 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 04:17:32PM +0530, Amit Kucheria wrote:
>> Since the main aim here is to consolidate as much code here as
>> possible while still allowing platforms to override the defaults,
>> would you have an objection to the introduction of a struct smp_ops
>> that'll allow a platform to override the defaults? This seems to be
>> done on other platforms I've briefly looked at.
>
> I see no point to what is being proposed in this thread.  It's _soo_
> little code that the platforms have to implement that it really is
> not worth the effort.
>
Whether the code can be consolidated or not, the current API does not 
allow a single kernel binary (ignoring the list of other issues). The 
introduction of struct smp_ops would help enable both single kernel and 
default versions of the functions.

Rob