Re: [PATCH] Make asm-generic/ioctl.h more generic using conditionals.

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 06:33:26AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > + * Let any architecture override either of the following before
> > + * including this file.
> > + */
> > +
> > +#ifndef _IOC_SIZEBITS
> > +# define _IOC_SIZEBITS	14
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +#ifndef _IOC_DIRBITS
> > +# define _IOC_DIRBITS	2
> > +#endif
>
> I don't think this is usefull.  It just makes it less obvious to
> find this definition which must not change ever due to abi reasons
> anyway.

huh?

alpha:

 #define _IOC_SIZEBITS  13
 #define _IOC_DIRBITS   3

mips:

 #define _IOC_SIZEBITS  13
 #define _IOC_DIRBITS   3

powerpc:

 #define _IOC_SIZEBITS  13
 #define _IOC_DIRBITS   3

rday
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