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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Replace NT_PRXFPREG with ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE #define
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Kumar Gala writes:

> > #define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE to be NT_PRXFPREG in all current users so
> > there's are no change in behaviour.
> 
> Can we make this ELF_CORE_VECREG_TYPE or something that is so coupled  
> to the x86 specific name?

How is "extended floating point registers" x86-specific?

ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE is a suitable name for something that's used in
conjunction with a function called elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs().

Paul.