Re: [PATCH] lib: move kasprintf to a separate file

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:48:32PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > kasprintf pulls in kmalloc which proved to be fatal for at least
> > bootimage target on alpha.
> > Move it to a separate file so only users of kasprintf are exposed
> > to the dependency on kmalloc.
> >   
> 
> OK by me (that's what my original patch did), but it might be worth
> documenting what environmental constraints vsprintf.c is under.  I
> didn't realize it was used by non-kernel code.

Looking for other users I saw that i386 iboot had included a minimal printf
implmentation which could also be a possibility for alpha.
Now the i386 printf does not support 64 bit - but I dunno if this is
a problem for alpha.

Actually I would prefer the local printf solution for alpha to
keep dependencies on the functions in lib/ as one may expect 
them (kernel only - not boot).

	Sam
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