Brad House wrote:       [Wed Dec 10 2003, 09:00:12PM EST]
> So before you do this throughout, you must study the patch
> and make sure there is no way it can adversely affect
> other arches.

Right, that was the point of:

> >    2. We shouldn't be applying patches that are only "safe" for one
> >       architecture.  If possible (and I know this is a little more
> >       work), we should be writing patches that correct the problem
> >       without hurting other arches.  This practice would give us an
> >       easier time pushing patches upstream.

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