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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Split out screen_info from tty.h
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:00:41 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43B41639.6060301@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200512291639.jBTGdfLZ015516@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl>

Horst von Brand wrote:
> Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org> wrote:
>> This makes it possible for boot code to use screen_info without dragging in
>> all of tty.h.
> 
> Why is that a problem? Introducing yet another .h that developers have to
> remember and use appropiately has a cost, so... and I see no changes except
> for different #include lines in your patch.

x86_64 carried a copy of screen_info in miscsetup.h which was out of
date with the master copy in tty.h.  It couldn't include the full tty.h
because it is compiling in 32-bit mode (causes warnings from unrelated
junk in tty.h).  Splitting it out means that x86_64 can get the bare
minimum it needs to compile the boot loader while having the definition
in one place.

--
				Brian Gerst

      reply	other threads:[~2005-12-29 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-28 21:50 [PATCH] Split out screen_info from tty.h Brian Gerst
2005-12-29 16:39 ` Horst von Brand
2005-12-29 17:00   ` Brian Gerst [this message]

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