From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jes Sorensen <jes@wildopensource.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 20:49:18 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] runtime platform detection in GENERIC kernels
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>>>>> "Alex" = Alex Williamson <alex_williamson@hp.com> writes:

Alex>    Why not just make a runtime strcmp to platform_name?  Then
Alex> you could make a generic is_platform("sn2") type function/macro
Alex> that everyone could use and you'd get rid of that nasty init
Alex> function.  If you realy need to make such a check in a perfmance
Alex> path, it should probably be a machvec.  Thanks,

Hi Alex,

I think the main reason for this was to cache the strcmp result in an
integer to make it faster.

Cheers,
Jes