RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] MAJOR cleanup in patched-from-linux code

["Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>]

I forgot to add... a clean clone is suggested as many
of the patched files changed and some confusion results
from building on top of a bk pull. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-ia64-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-ia64-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 2:32 PM
> To: xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-ia64-devel] MAJOR cleanup in patched-from-linux code
> 
> I just checked in to xen-ia64.bkbits.net://xeno-unstable-ia64.bk
> a major cleanup to the linux patch files.  Many of the patches
> were cluttered with unnecessary additions and some of the files
> appeared to be better off checked in directly rather than on top
> of the linux source.
> 
> (Note that bkbits.net is having some problems in its admin
> interface, so it may take a day or two to push these changes
> to xen.bkbits.net.)
> 
> Here's the results:
> 
> BEFORE:
> 38 patch files
> 1027 lines added
> 160 lines subtracted 
> 
> AFTER:
> 24 patch files
> 348 lines added
> 2 lines subtracted
> 
> Of the 348 lines added, 151 are real code and the rest
> are conditional compile directives (#ifdef/#else/#endif etc).
> All changes are clearly marked with ifdef's, with the
> exception of two lines which are in the middle of a huge
> assembly macro.
> 
> Why not get rid of these entirely and just check in the
> Linux sources?  Because mkbuildtree links in almost 32000
> lines of Linux/ia64 source files and only slightly more
> than 1% change is required to utilize these in Xen/ia64.
> That's leverage!
> 
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