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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: "Steven J. Hill" <sjhill@mips.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, cernekee@gmail.com, kevink@paralogos.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Proposed changes to eliminate 'union mips_instruction' type.
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:24:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130115082456.GA17364@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1358230420-3575-1-git-send-email-sjhill@mips.com>

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:13:40AM -0600, Steven J. Hill wrote:

> From: "Steven J. Hill" <sjhill@mips.com>
> 
> This patch shows the use of macros in place of 'union mips_instruction'
> type. I converted all usages of 'j_format' and 'r_format' to show how
> the code and macros could look and be defined. I have tested these
> changes on big and little endian platforms.
> 
> I want input from everyone, please!!! I want consensus on the macro
> definitions, placement of parenthesis for them, spacing in the header
> file, etc. This is your chance to be completely anal and have fun
> arguments over how things should be. I would also like input on how
> the maintainers would like the patchsets to look like. For example:
> 
>   [1/X] - Convert 'j_format'
>   [2/X] - Convert 'r_format'
>   [3/X] - Convert 'f_format'
>   [4/X] - Convert 'u_format'
>   ...
>   [X/X] - Remove usage of 'union mips_instruction' type completely.
> 
> Also, I noticed 'p_format' is not used anywhere. Can we kill it? Be
> picky and help with this conversion. Thanks.

Mayne not kill it completely abut leave a comment mentioning its existence
for the sake of completeness.

  Ralf

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-15  8:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-15  6:13 [PATCH] [RFC] Proposed changes to eliminate 'union mips_instruction' type Steven J. Hill
2013-01-15  8:24 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2013-01-15 19:41 ` David Daney
2013-01-15 22:19   ` Hill, Steven
2013-01-15 22:39     ` David Daney
2013-01-16 14:16       ` Ralf Baechle
2013-01-16 22:24         ` David Daney
2013-01-17 14:05           ` Ralf Baechle
2013-01-16 18:57       ` David Daney
2013-01-16 21:50         ` Hill, Steven

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