Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756599AbYCZJXB (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:23:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751781AbYCZJWx (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:22:53 -0400 Received: from mta23.gyao.ne.jp ([125.63.38.249]:12742 "EHLO mx.gate01.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750953AbYCZJWw (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:22:52 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:22:27 +0900 From: Paul Mundt To: Jesper Juhl Cc: LKML , linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Ian Molton , Alain L Knaff , David C Niemi , Trivial Patch Monkey , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] SuperH floppy: kill 'register' keyword from floppy.h header Message-ID: <20080326092227.GB7867@linux-sh.org> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Mundt , Jesper Juhl , LKML , linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Ian Molton , Alain L Knaff , David C Niemi , Trivial Patch Monkey , Andrew Morton References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 853 Lines: 21 On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 02:16:32AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > When compilers became generally better at optimizing code than humans, the > register keyword became mostly useless. For the floppy driver it certainly > is since it's so slow compared to the rest of the system that optimizing > access to a single variable or two isn't going to make any real > difference > So let's just leave it to the compiler - it'll do a better job anyway. > > This patch does away with a few register keywords in the SuperH floppy > driver. > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl applied, thanks. -- 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/