On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 09:42:48AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Saturday 21 July 2007 09:35:33 Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > The problem with the current "merging" is that it's extremely hard to > > figure out whether some code in x86_64 might be using some code in i386 > > since there are currently 5 (five) different mechanisms used for sharing > > code between the two architectures. > > > > It happens so often that someone accidentally breaks one architecture > > because he didn't notice the code also gets used on the other > > architecture. > > That's not changing at all. Especially with even more sharing, (than I think > would be prudent) like Thomas treated, you'll likely have to test compile both > for most changes.
It's not about compilation, it's about seeing that this code might be shared. When e.g. changing a file under arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/ it's highly surprising that this file might also be used on x86_64. > -Andi cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/