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From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
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Date:   Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:05:38 -0700
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On Thu, 2020-10-01 at 12:15 +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Hi Joe,

Buenas Miguel.

> On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 12:56 AM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > So I installed the powerpc cross compiler, and
> > nope, that doesn't work, it makes a mess.
> 
> Thanks a lot for reviving the script and sending the treewide cleanup!

No charge...

I think the end result is cleaner and more obvious.

> > So it looks like the best option is to exclude these
> > 2 files from conversion.
> 
> Agreed. Nevertheless, is there any reason arch/powerpc/* should not be
> compiling cleanly with compiler.h? (CC'ing the rest of the PowerPC
> reviewers and ML).

That's not a can of worms I care to open.
Perhaps the powerpc folk can do some fishing.