Re: patch / rfc

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Dan Malek wrote:

> If you do this, I suggest using another PowerPC-ism.  They
> have a ppc_md data structure that is filled with indirect function
> pointers to machine dependent functions.  We could create
> a mips_md that does this same thing.  The reason I like this
> is it collects all machine dependent information in a single
> place, so it's easy to see what functions/data are available
> and what you may need to do.  It's also clear when used
> that anything in this structure is a machine/board dependent
> function.  In the proper places, you then do what is shown above:

 Well, that's actually Alpha-ism, which has been that port since 1998 or 
so and is a long-term plan for our multi-platform support too. :-)  If you 
want to implement it right now, please go ahead!

  Maciej