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From: joe@perches.com (Joe Perches)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] lib/decompress_unxz.c: removing all memory helper functions
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 19:54:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1338519291.9151.7.camel@joe2Laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FC82D89.1040108@hp.com>

On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 20:48 -0600, Thavatchai Makphaibulcboke wrote:
> On 05/28/2012 01:03 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> 
> > can we do not duplicate those functions?
> 
> Thanks J for the comment.  Unfortunately, there is no easy way to share
> files among different architectures' preboot environment.  We have the
> choices either to have each architecture define its own copies or the
> decompressor defines them.  I believe the former is preferable.  As
> Lasse also pointed out, this way any specific architecture could provide
> an architectural dependent optimized version, if it chooses to.

Maybe provide __weak default functions that
can be overridden by any arch that could
or wants to improve on the defaults.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-01  2:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-24 16:03 [PATCH] lib/decompress_unxz.c: removing all memory helper functions T Makphaibulchoke
2012-05-24 17:26 ` Joe Perches
2012-05-24 17:29   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-24 17:40     ` Joe Perches
2012-05-24 17:41       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-24 17:50         ` Joe Perches
2012-05-24 17:56           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-25  8:34 ` Lasse Collin
2012-05-25 16:31   ` Thavatchai Makphaibulcboke
2012-05-25 17:05     ` Thavatchai Makphaibulcboke
2012-05-25 17:13       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-05-25 19:35     ` Lasse Collin
2012-05-28  7:03 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-06-01  2:48   ` Thavatchai Makphaibulcboke
2012-06-01  2:54     ` Joe Perches [this message]
2012-06-01  3:38     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-01 18:37       ` Thavatchai Makphaibulcboke
2012-06-01 18:46         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-01 18:58           ` Thavatchai Makphaibulcboke

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