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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Subject: Re: PATCH powerpc: Merge asm-ppc*/sections.h
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Jon Loeliger writes:

> In the Grand Scheme of Things, removing things and making them
> simpler seems a lofty goal. :-)   Anyone know of any pitfalls that
> await me if I try to remove these sections, a la pmac and friends?

You'll probably get most objection from the PReP users, for whom
getting back a few hundred kB is a big deal.  (Maybe we should just
buy both of them a G5 or something. 8-)

> And I assume that the obvious mappings can take place (ie, that
> "pmac.text" can just be placed in regular .text, etc), right?

Yes.

Paul.