Re: [GIT] Sparc

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:13:52AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:46:34PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:24 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > With special guest sparc64 assembler hacker, Paul E. McKenney.
> > > > 
> > > > Oh christ.  You're teaching *more* people about sparc64?
> > > You do not get it...
> > > 
> > > How many people are pondering around tweaking every bit of x86
> > > specific code? A lot! Let them have fun competing :-)
> > 
> > I wish it was so! In reality there's really just a handful of 
> > people looking at actual x86 assembly code. I don't know whether 
> > I've ever seen a conflict between substantial x86 assembly 
> > patches, in the last 4 years since I co-maintain the x86 
> > architecture ...
> 
> Hmm...
> 
>       lines of c files  lines of S files
> x86   183609            27130
> sparc 66823             25852

Yes.

( I have no idea what the 'Hmm...' means - do those numbers 
  somehow contradict what I said? )

> There is more than just assembly when dealign with an architecture.

Definitely.

Thanks,

	Ingo