From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:65296 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751001AbWIMQRn (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:17:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:17:34 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Implement a general log2 facility in the kernel Message-ID: <20060913161734.GE3564@stusta.de> References: <20060913130253.32022.69230.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <20060913130300.32022.69743.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060913130300.32022.69743.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Howells Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 02:03:00PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > From: David Howells > > This facility provides three entry points: > > log2() Log base 2 of u32 >... Considering that several arch maintainers have vetoed my patch to revert the -ffreestanding removal Andi sneaked in with his usual trick to hide generic patches as "x86_64 patch", such a usage of a libc function name with a signature different from the one defined in ISO/IEC 9899:1999 is a namespace violation that mustn't happen. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed