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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:45:52 +0000
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] ST SPEAr: Added ARM PrimeXsys System Controller
	SP810 header file
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On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 09:14:53PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 2010/3/3 Viresh KUMAR <viresh.kumar@st.com>:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/sysctl_sp810.h |   59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 include/linux/sysctl_sp810.h
> > (...)
> 
> To the rest of the world this is probably a number of register definitions and
> an obscure inline function, so the entire internal kernel API does not need
> to know about it.

It'll also give people heart-attacks because they'll think it adds a new
set of deprecated binary sysctl() interfaces to the kernel.

Best drop the 'sysctl' part of the name as well.