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To:	Antonio SJ Musumeci <bile@landofbile.com>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: patch: include/asm-mips/system.h __cmpxchg64 bugfix and cleanup
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Antonio SJ Musumeci wrote:
> I'm not talking about that. This patch explains it. Moving
> the conditional compilation from the optimizer to the preprocessor.
> I see no reason to be using hard coded 1's and 0's in runtime logic.

It is easier to read than a ifdef maze, and the net result is the same.


Thiemo