[PATCH 3/4] sparc: Add <bits/hwcap.h>
David Miller
davem@davemloft.net
Sat Mar 17 02:22:00 GMT 2012
From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:04:03 -0700
> On 03/16/12 16:40, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:30:31 -0700
>>
>>> Note that this bits/hwcap.h list has more than are documented
>>> in linux/arch/sparc/include/asm/elf*.h.
>>
>> They are named AV_SPARC_* in the kernel copy for some of these values
>> to not confuse the Sun mandated values with the Linux specific ones
>> I've been setting all these years.
>
> Well, given this is a public interface, should I go ahead and
> expose those AV_SPARC_* names?
No, I think it's best to have libc use HWCAP_* for the names, at
least for now.
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