On 16.01.2012, at 16:38, Avi Kivity wrote:

> On 01/16/2012 05:35 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> On 16.01.2012, at 15:50, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> 
>>> On 01/16/2012 04:05 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> But the emulation itself would be pretty pointless to split up ...
>>>> 
>>>> You could add the header in a separate first patch :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> That makes reviewing harder, not easier.
>> 
>> Oh, really? 
> 
> That's my opinion.  The headers and the code don't make sense without
> each other.
> 
>> It's basically just a copy from Linux, so it shouldn't need all the review 
>> the actual emulation code needs, no?
> 
> So just skip it.  Dividing things into patches helps when you
> disentangle multiple logical changes.  If the multiple changes just
> follow each other in the diff, splitting doesn't change anything.

Hrm. I tend to postpone reviews of patches that appear too long. And at the 
point in time where I decide that it is too long I don't check if maybe the 
long part is a header file :).
Oh well, isn't it great how everyone is different?


Alex


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