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Re: [PATCH 1/2] BZ#13743: PowerPC - Add a new header for platformspecific functions
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 15:04, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> wrote:
> That's a very good suggestion, but in my opinion it complicates
> things needlessly. That's not to say that I don't like the
> solution, I like it *better* than sys/platform.h, but
> we should think about users too and what the interface looks
> like to them.
Which is exactly why the header files must have the architecture name
in the filename, There is no commonality between the headers for
different archs withing glibc and not between different platforms.
Suggesting anything else causes problems for programmers who cannot
know all these details.
There is no need to disturb the general tree for a ppc-specific
problem. Just add the headers in the ppc directories and makefiles
and be done with it.