Re: Missing entries in Configuure.help)

Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com)
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:33:12 -0500

Dr. David Alan Gilbert <gilbertd@treblig.org>:
> * Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com) wrote:
>
> > CPU_ARM922_D_CACHE_ON
> > CPU_ARM922_I_CACHE_ON
> > CPU_ARM922_WRITETHROUGH
>
> Hmm - is there anything ARM922 specific about these - i.e. is there a
> reason that we shouldn't get rid of them and have some architecture
> independent symbols CPU_D_CACHE_ON, CPU_I_CACHE_ON and
> CPU_CACHE_WRITETHROUGH (and more to your taste) and then architectures
> can use the ones which apply to them.
>
> Doesn't seem to be a point in having dupes.

I agree. I think there are now no fewer than four parallel sets of these.

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