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Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.

From: Richard Henderson <rth at twiddle dot net>
To: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
Cc: roland at hack dot frob dot com, vapier at gentoo dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, carlos at systemhalted dot org
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:41:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.
References: <CADZpyiw1Ja0vsf7KJ7XtnGQfMES-yV-M5d-QqRVmFHFT7um14w@mail.gmail.com> <201204190004.33175.vapier@gentoo.org> <20120419162307.A7E502C0DD@topped-with-meat.com> <20120419.135232.32028759303012792.davem@davemloft.net>

On 04/19/2012 12:52 PM, David Miller wrote:
> This just confirms my suspicions, in that they are for fantasy cpus
> that do not exist in nature.

They're for embedded targets that do exist, but are essentially
never used as general purpose computing.  E.g. the TI C60x with
its word-based addressing.

r~

References:
- Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.
  - From: Carlos O'Donell
- Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.
  - From: Mike Frysinger
- Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.
  - From: Roland McGrath
- Re: [PATCH] Remove all traces of reg_char.
  - From: David Miller

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