Re: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Remove probe

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Re: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Remove probe_tlb().

To:	David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: Remove probe_tlb().
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:07:53 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 02:41:14PM -0800, David Daney wrote:

> The function probe_tlb() only does anything for processors that are
> not PRID_COMP_LEGACY.  This is precisely the set of processors for
> which decode_configs() is called to do identical tlbsize probing
> calculations.  Therefore probe_tlb() is completely redundant and may
> be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>

Queued for 2.6.34.  Nice cleanup - it also gets rid of another SMTC
dependency.

Thanks,

  Ralf

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