From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:54:35 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] IA64: Use early_parm to handle mvec_name and nomca
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>>>>> "Horms" = Horms  <horms@verge.net.au> writes:

Horms> I'm not sure of the worthiness of this idea, so please consider
Horms> it an RFC.  Its key merits are:

Hi Horms,

Rips out a lot of code so if it still works then I'd say it's a good
win!

You get a D- for these two though:

Horms> +static const char *mvec_name =  NULL;
Horms> +static int nomca = 0;

No need to initialize globals to zero as the BSS is cleared at boot.

Cheers,
Jes