Re: [PATCH] SGI IA64 UV: fix ia64 build error in the linux-next tree

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 04:05:36PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Dean Nelson <dcn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:25:55PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:25:20 -0600
> > > Dean Nelson <dcn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Fix the ia64 build error that occurs in the linux-next tree by introducing
> > > > an ia64 version of uv.h.  Additionally, clean up the usage of is_uv_system().
> > > 
> > > Would I be correct in believing that this repairs (and should be folded
> > > into)
> > > 
> > >   commit 5b221278d61e3907a5e4104a844b63bc8bb3d43a
> > >   Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> > >   Date:   Wed Jan 21 11:30:07 2009 +0100
> > > 
> > >       x86: uv cleanup, build fix #2
> > > 
> > > ?
> > >
> > > (it looks like 5b221278d61e3907a5e4104a844b63bc8bb3d43a should be
> > > folded into something else, too.  What hath we wrought?)
> > 
> > Yes, it does fix an issue introduced by:
> > 
> >    commit: bdbcdd48883940bbd8d17eb01172d58a261a413a
> >    author: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >    date:   Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:26:06 +0000
> > 
> > 	x86: uv cleanup
> > 
> > which the commit you mention above attempted to fix.
> > 
> > I'll leave it to you and Ingo to determine whether my patch should be
> > folded into Ingo's or Tejun's patch.
> > 
> > Ingo, I see that you've applied my patch to your tip tree. What are
> > your thoughts on Andrew's question?
> 
> What question was that? Folding back across that distance is not possible
> in a Git workflow. I do regular cross-builds - the build bug did not trigger
> with the ia64 defconfig.

The question was the one of folding the patch back. And by your response, I
see we'll be leaving things as they are.

Thanks,
Dean

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