Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261170AbVE1RXB (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 13:23:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261171AbVE1RXB (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 13:23:01 -0400 Received: from ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.60]:49621 "EHLO ylpvm29.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261170AbVE1RXA (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 13:23:00 -0400 X-ORBL: [63.202.173.158] Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 10:22:26 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Blaisorblade Cc: Bodo Stroesser , akpm@osdl.org, jdike@addtoit.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, mingo@redhat.com Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] [RFC] uml: add and use generic hw_controller_type->release Message-ID: References: <20050527003926.1FD861AEE92@zion.home.lan> <200505281326.15519.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505281326.15519.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 732 Lines: 15 On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 01:26:15PM +0200, Blaisorblade wrote: > Well, that's a point, even because a conditional jump needs to flush > the pipeline when mispredicted (which won't happen on other ARCHs > after the initial period, if this jump stays in the Branch Target > Buffers). Because it's crud we are accumulating over time that nobody except UML needs and maybe one day UML won't need it. Also #ifdef's (though ugly) would make it much more likely that it goes away when it can. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/