[PATCH 01/11] ST SPEAr: Added ARM PrimeXsys System Controller SP810 header file

Viresh KUMAR viresh.kumar at st.com
Fri Mar 12 00:19:58 EST 2010


On 3/11/2010 4:15 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 09:14:53PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> 2010/3/3 Viresh KUMAR <viresh.kumar at st.com>:
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar at st.com>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/sysctl_sp810.h |   59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 include/linux/sysctl_sp810.h
>>> (...)
>>
>> To the rest of the world this is probably a number of register definitions and
>> an obscure inline function, so the entire internal kernel API does not need
>> to know about it.
> 
> It'll also give people heart-attacks because they'll think it adds a new
> set of deprecated binary sysctl() interfaces to the kernel.
> 
> Best drop the 'sysctl' part of the name as well.
> 

OK. will be removed.



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