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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 10/10] powerpc,
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Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2013 17:21:47 +1100 (EST)
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On Wed, 2013-04-12 at 10:32:42 UTC, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> This patch adds enumeration for all available SW branch filters
> in powerpc book3s code and also streamlines the look for the
> SW branch filter entries while trying to figure out which all
> branch filters can be supported in SW.

This appears to patch code that was only added in 8/10 ?

Was there any reason not to do it the right way from the beginning?

cheers