Re: [patch 4/5] SiByte fixes for 2.6.12

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On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 12:08:39PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Andrew Isaacson wrote:
> > If the CPU Options get out of sync with the CONFIG_CPU_ options,
> > cpu_cache_init() can end up being a noop.  Stop with a useful message
> > in that case rather than running on without cache functions.
> 
>  Wouldn't a build-time error be a better option?

The code looks like it's structured to be able to be compiled with
support for multiple CPUs, say, r4k and SB1; using #error would seem to
prevent that.

With the code as currently structured, you don't know it's going to be a
noop until runtime comes along and cpu_has_4ktlb is true...

-andy


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