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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:51:00 -0200
From: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
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To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] avoid ifdefs in desc.h, getting rid of pack_ldt and	pack_tss
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> Well, "no functional changes" is not quite the same thing as "no 
>>> object code changes".
>>
>> yeah, true, but the safest way to ensure no functional changes is to 
>> get identical object code. In sched-devel.git i include obj 
>> comparisons to cleanup patches as a self-assurance (and later bughunt 
>> helper) to make sure a cleanup is really just a cleanup.
> 
> Of course.  "No object code changes" is a stronger statement, however, 
> not all types of cleanups result in that.
> 
Which is the case here. I wasn't expecting the same object code. Anyway, 
the mistake is explained, and I'm about to send the correct version. 
Sorry again.
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