Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] mips: rename macros and files from '64' to 'n64'

From: Paul Burton
Date: Thu Dec 13 2018 - 15:15:50 EST


Hi Firoz,

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 02:23:21PM +0530, Firoz Khan wrote:
> > > So If you confirm I can send v5 without '64' to 'n64' conversion (not just above
> > > one, completely from this patch series). Or uou can take a call just
> > > keep this macro -
> > > _MIPS_SIM_ABI64 as it is and change it rest of the place.
> >
> > Let's just go ahead & leave everything as 64, and I'll do the 64 -> n64
> > rename later. I hoped whilst you were adding n64-specific code this
> > would be an easy change, but at this point let's just prioritize getting
> > the series applied without the naming change so it can sit in -next for
> > a while before the merge window.
>
> I'll keep the macro - _MIPS_SIM_ABI64 same and will not change the rest
> of the patch series. Unfortunately, reverting back to 64 from n64 has lots of
> work.

I've applied v5 but undone the change from __NR_64_* to __NR_N64_*
because it's part of the UAPI & a github code search showed that it's
actually used.

Could you take a look at this branch & check that you're OK with it
before I push it to mips-next?

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mips/linux.git test-syscalls

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mips/linux.git/log/?h=test-syscalls

Thanks,
Paul