Do we still need devtree_lock?

[Stephen Rothwell]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:25:28 +1000 Michael Ellerman <michael at ellerman.id.au> wrote:
>
> > extern rwlock_t devtree_lock;	/* temporary while merging */
> > 
> > Since arch/ppc is going away, does this meant that the lock can go away do?
> 
> You wish :)  That /would/ make life easier.
> 
> I think the comment just refers to the extern declaration being in
> the .c file, rather than a header - ie. now that the merge is done we
> should clean it up and put it in a header.

The merge referred to is the merge between the Sparc and Powerpc device
tree accessing functions.  This is not complete and I need to get back to
it.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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