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Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Move tilegx, tilepro, and linux-generic from ports to libc.
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf at ezchip dot com>
- Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf at tilera dot com>, "szabolcs.nagy" <szabolcs dot nagy at arm dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:18:38 -0700
- Subject: Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Move tilegx, tilepro, and linux-generic from ports to libc.
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com> wrote:
> On 03/19/2015 01:04 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Having both
>>>> >>
>>>> >>sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/bits/statfs.h
>>>> >>
>>>> >>and
>>>> >>
>>>> >>sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/statfs.h
>>>> >>
>>>> >>is very strange.
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Yes, I don't love the naming either, but no one could come up with
>>> > anything
>>> >better when this was initially introduced.
>>> >
>>
>> How about sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/asm-generic/bits/statfs.h?
>
>
> As I recall the original discussion, the idea was that going forward the
> asm-generic stuff would correspond to new "generic" Linux support. It's not
> clear the "asm-" really adds anything to the name.
>
> That said, I don't feel strongly about it, and if there is consensus to
> change the name, I'd be happy to accept a patch to do so. There are 80+
> files in that hierarchy, but I think some simple grep work should suffice to
> find any references to linux/generic.
>
There are many files in linux/generic. I don't know if it is worth
to change. It is just very annoying. Is the linux/generic scheme
documented in glibc tree? Should there be a README in
linux/generic directory?
--
H.J.
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- Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Move tilegx, tilepro, and linux-generic from ports to libc.
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- Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Move tilegx, tilepro, and linux-generic from ports to libc.
- Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Move tilegx, tilepro, and linux-generic from ports to libc.
- Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Move tilegx, tilepro, and linux-generic from ports to libc.
- Re: [COMMITTED PATCH] Move tilegx, tilepro, and linux-generic from ports to libc.