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Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 2/8] drivers: base: Add Kconfig/Makefile to build
 hardware prefetch control core driver
Thread-Topic: [PATCH v4 2/8] drivers: base: Add Kconfig/Makefile to build
 hardware prefetch control core driver
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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 06:42:39 +0000
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> Shouldn't this have "GENERIC" in the name liks the other generic implemen=
tations
> in this directory?

> But this is not a driver, it's a core function that a driver uses.  On it=
s own, this
> code does nothing.

I consider removing the core driver in the next version. If I keep the
core driver, fix the name and description.