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From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Date:   Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:28:53 -0700
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On 7/25/19 3:03 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, hpa@zytor.com wrote:
>> On July 25, 2019 2:48:30 PM PDT, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> But seriously I think it's not completely insane what they are doing
>>> and the table based approach is definitely more readable and maintainable
>>> than the existing stuff.
>>
>> Doing this table based does seem like a good idea.
> 
> The question is whether we use a 'toclear' table or a 'preserve' table. I'd
> argue that the 'preserve' approach is saner.
> 

I agree.

>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
> 
> I surely excuse the brevity, but the formatting mess which that brevity app
> creates is not excusable.
> 

I'll try to improve it...

	-hpa