Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759345AbXJKWBl (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:01:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754789AbXJKWBd (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:01:33 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:56541 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755095AbXJKWBd (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:01:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <18190.39864.4562.852292@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> References: <20071011071558.676463639@au1.ibm.com> <20071011072208.075979098@au1.ibm.com> <18190.39864.4562.852292@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2C31F1C3-3337-483B-A463-767459305F1E@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: markn@au1.ibm.com, PowerPC dev list , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Replace NT_PRXFPREG with ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE #define Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:01:43 -0500 To: Paul Mackerras X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 962 Lines: 29 On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Kumar Gala writes: > >>> #define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE to be NT_PRXFPREG in all current >>> users so >>> there's are no change in behaviour. >> >> Can we make this ELF_CORE_VECREG_TYPE or something that is so coupled >> to the x86 specific name? > > How is "extended floating point registers" x86-specific? we'll I don't consider the altivec register file as 'extended fp'. I'm assuming the name XFP came from IA32 land when MMX/SSE came into existence. > ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE is a suitable name for something that's used in > conjunction with a function called elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs(). agreed, I think the function name should change as well. - k - 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/