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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Joshua C." <joshuacov@googlemail.com>
Cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:28:29 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F51114D.80704@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKL7Q7owDCs0=RyhY7gLpyYgOJ9gisdH=p2+qvZ043dDFMN76Q@mail.gmail.com>

On 03/02/2012 09:53 AM, Joshua C. wrote:
> 
> I thought about your idea for separating the platform specific code in
> another file. It will make the code more modular but at the end we're
> talking about a single function that flips a single bit. I really
> don't see any real benefit from defining it in a separate file. It
> makes (from my point of view) reading the file just more difficult.
> That's why I decided to return the platform specific code back where
> it originally was and only modifiy the x86 code. So I can keep the
> changes at minimum. I'll post the patch later today and cc the tty
> maintainer. Thanks for the help and the ideas.
> 

Yeah, it seems a bit excessive in this case.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-02 18:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-27 19:23 [RESUBMIT] [PATCH] Use BIOS Keyboard variable to set Numlock Joshua C.
2012-02-27 21:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-28  0:08   ` Joshua C.
2012-02-28  0:14     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-28  0:27     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-28  9:14       ` Joshua C.
2012-02-28 18:32       ` Bodo Eggert
2012-02-28 18:35         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-29 11:43           ` Joshua C.
2012-02-29 17:54             ` Bodo Eggert
2012-02-29 18:16             ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-29 22:56               ` Joshua C.
2012-02-29 23:11                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-02-29 23:51                   ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01  0:13                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-01  0:21                       ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01  0:23                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-01  0:28                           ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01 19:42                             ` Joshua C.
2012-03-01 20:54                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-02 17:53                                 ` Joshua C.
2012-03-02 18:28                                   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-03-02 21:21                                     ` Joshua C.
2012-03-02 21:32                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
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     [not found]                                         ` <20120304000031.58d23f65@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
     [not found]                                           ` <CAKL7Q7pzhg+_W65Ce2Kj9QRPrFmT2kTOdzY_TDEeQibgpERxTw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                                             ` <4F6A045C.5090602@zytor.com>
     [not found]                                               ` <CAKL7Q7q_fOTovsBLDFqsC49dni_MDiioZjCCE-2DY4a0hqNPOA@mail.gmail.com>
2012-04-08 12:56                                                 ` Joshua C.

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