Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:55:00 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, glommer@gmail.com,
       tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] export native versions of machine_ops functions
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* Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> wrote:

> People overriding machine_ops provided functions may want to call the 
> native version after its pre-processing. It already happens for the 
> smp_ops functions, so I don't see a reason for avoiding it here.

i'd like to do this only if there are actual users - otherwise we'll get 
a trickle of "make needlessly global functions static" patches a few 
weeks later ;-)

	Ingo
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