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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: gpxe build fix

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: gpxe build fix
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:02:07 +0100
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On 21/07/2010 16:41, "Ian Jackson" <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Christoph Egger writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: gpxe build fix"):
>> On NetBSD, uname -m prints 'amd64'.
>> Attached patch makes gpxe aware of that.
> 
> Are there any other systems on which uname -m prints amd64 on which
> this patch will break ?
> 
> I think calling a patch "Makefile.patch" is going to be annoying.
> And patches in a series should not be named just after the file they
> change as if only one patch touches each file.
> 
> How about "makefile-amd64.patch" ?
> 
> Also "gpxe build fix" is a hopeless commit message.

I ended up upgrading us to far more recent gpxe, where this whole issue has
simply disappeared.

 -- Keir

> Ian.
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