[PATCH] correctly name the Shell sort

This patch was previously sent on 2005-02-13: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110826336917607&w=2 It still applies against 2.6.12-rc1-bk1. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at h

question about build.c

x86_64 checks if we're building a big kernel to make sure that it's <= 4MB. Should we be doing something similar for i386? Or perhaps we shouldn't be imposing this limit on x86_64? Below is the relevant code diff that I'm asking about. Thanks, Daniel --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-bk1/arch/i386/boot/tools/

[PATCH] correctly name the Shell sort

As per http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/shellsort.html, this should be referred to as a Shell sort. Shell-Metzner is a misnomer. Signed-off-by: Daniel Dickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.11-rc3-bk9/kernel/sys.c 2005-02-12 22:17:26.801294776 -0500 +++ linux/kernel/sys.c 2005-02-12

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For the m32r architecture, is there a reason not to use the generic bug.h definition? Signed-off-by: Daniel Dickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.11-rc4/include/asm-m32r/bug.h 2004-12-24 16:34:01.0 -0500 +++ linux/include/asm-m32r/bug.h2005-02-13 03:39:39.775236000

Re: obsolete code must die

Hi Andrew, Thanks for your email. I am aware of the "traditions" of the Linux kernel, and this is really why I wanted to start a discussion going about this. Basically one of the things I am wondering is how complex the kernel code can grow to become. All I am proposing is that old features start

Re: obsolete code must die

Okay, I didn't realize how much opposition there would be to this, thanks for all the input. If you'd like to add anything to this, please email me personally -- the mailing list has probably seen enough traffic regarding this issue. :-) Thanks Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send th

[PATCH] to init/main.c

Here is a small patch to main.c. It does the following: - makes sure that asm/mtrr.h actually gets included, and - changes formatting in one place as per Documentation/CodingStyle --- linux-2.4.5/init/main.c Tue May 22 12:35:42 2001 +++ linux/init/main.c Sat Jun 16 11:48:42 2001 @@ -50,7 +