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To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: Voyager phys_cpu_present_map compile error
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Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> I guess Adrian is trying to say:
> 
> 'That code is in tree, so it should compile and run. He can't verify
> it runs, but he's trying to make sure it at least compiles.'
> 
> For 'normal' users it is not a problem.
> 							Pavel

This is fine, except it is an unreasonable request when there are fewer 
existing machines than people contributing to this tree.  For a lot of 
people, compile bandwidth is what is limiting their ability to contribute.

James has offered to fix up Voyager breakage a posteori, and that is the 
appropriate action for a niche architecture like this.

	-hpa