Re: [PATCH]: linux-2.5.30uc0 MMU-less patches

Dave Jones (davej@suse.de)
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 18:01:32 +0200


On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 01:54:26AM +1000, gerg wrote:

> > I didn't check the code in detail, but
> > is there really that little that can be shared between
> > the regular mm/ ?
> No, there is actually a lot in common. Probably something
> like 70%. This is really a question of organization.

That's what I guessed on just a cursory glance at the patch.

> I would much prefer to see the non-mmu support in with mm.
> But it would mean a few #ifdef's in there to allow for
> the differences.

Versus massive code duplication, I think the ifdef's would
be a better approach, especially if you can hide them away
in headers.

Dave

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