Yes I agree, it's better that way. Is there a list somewhere on the web with all
those 9atom patches?

On Jun 22, 2014, at 5:57 PM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net>
 wrote:

>> On 22 June 2014 23:25, Yoann Padioleau <p...@fb.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> if(up != p && (p->wired == nil || p->wired == MACHP(m->machno))
>>>   m->readied = p;
>>> 
>> 
>> yes, because on 386 m is effectively a constant. the code was written with
>> extern register Mach *m in mind.
>> 
> 
> 
> 9atom has had it as
> 
>       if(up != p && (p->wired == nil || p->wired->machno == m->machno))
> 
> which i believe is equivalent, and less obnoxious.  the pc kernel should be 
> rewritten
> with the GS extern register bit, and then we could get rid of MACHP.
> 
> - erik
> 


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