RFC: powerpc: Start splitting up mmu.h by MMU type

[Kumar Gala]

On Apr 19, 2007, at 7:56 PM, David Gibson wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 07:11:07AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:54 AM, David Gibson wrote:
>>
>>> This patch makes a start to sorting out the tangled mess of MMU
>>> related header files in asm-powerpc, and weaning arch/powerpc off  
>>> the
>>> remaining asm-ppc headers it uses.
>>>
>>> Specifically it splits the ppc64 specific (or more strictly, the
>>> 64-bit hash table specific) parts of asm-powerpc/mmu.h into its own
>>> file, asm-powerpc/mmu-hash64/mmu.h.  Similarly, PowerPC 44x
>>> definitions are taken from asm-ppc/mmu.h, trimmed down for use in
>>> arch/powerpc and place in their own file, asm-powerpc/mmu-44x/mmu.h.
>>>
>>> mmu.h definitions for other 32-bit MMU types remain in asm-ppc/mmu.h
>>> for now, but should be likewise split into their own files.
>>
>> I asked this before, but why the need for a separate directory per
>> mmu type?  why not just include/asm-powerpc/mmu-44x.h?
>
> Because I have further patches in the works that add MMU specific
> versions of tlbflush.h, pgtable.h and so forth to the same
> directories.

Well I agree pgtable.h getting split wouldn't be a bad idea.  But  
tlbflush.h is only 146 lines, splitting it doesn't seem worth the  
trouble.  So having a mmu-44x, mmu-hash32, mmu-hash64, mmu-8xx, mmu- 
fsl_booke, mmu-40x for just two files seems a bit much.

> I'm not wedded to the idea, but it seemed like a reasonable way to
> organize things.

- k