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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include endian.h 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 07 Dec 1996 13:11:47 +0800."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 21:25:52 -0800
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>"John S. Dyson" wrote:
>> > 
>> > Most of the kernel doesn't pick up the CPU options.
>> > 
>> Why not?  That seems to be unwise, shouldn't anything with any
>> cpu specific inlines also pick-up the CPU options?  Anything
>> that uses endian.h (or cpufunc.h) are perfect examples of where
>> there might be some value in that.
>> 
>> John
>
>Perhaps we should seriously consider using 'cc -include opt_global.h' and
>moving things like Ix86_CPU etc into there?  It has the benefits of having
>every file know about the settings, but without having to modify every file.

   I'd rather see a #include added to cpufunc.h, which is included by systm.h,
which is included by everything (?) in the kernel.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project