Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: don't execute a temporary comment

From: "John W. Linville" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:07:01 -0400

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 04:04:30PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

> --- a/arch/ppc/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/ppc/Makefile
> @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ define archhelp
>    @echo '  *_defconfig     - Select default config from arch/$(ARCH)/ppc/configs'
>  endef
>  
> +# arch/$(ARCH)/include is a temporary hack until we have migrated to asm-powerpc
>  archclean:
>  	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/ppc/boot
> -	# Temporary hack until we have migrated to asm-powerpc
>  	$(Q)rm -rf arch/$(ARCH)/include
>  
>  archprepare: checkbin

Why is this helpful?  Better in general to keep the commment near the code, no?

John
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John W. Linville
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