[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] common: introduce a genutils.h file

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Heiko Schocher,

In message <1292232393-26481-1-git-send-email-hs at denx.de> you wrote:
> as discussed in thread
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/76654
> 
> and as a result of this discussion Michael Zaidman
> proposed to create a genutils.h, see:
> 
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/78692
> 
> So, introduce this genutils.h, as BUILD_BUG_ON is also
> needed in sensor support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>
> cc: Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman at gmail.com>
> ---
> maybe I should include genutils.h in common.h ?
> 
>  include/genutils.h  |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I do not like the idea of adding yet another nonstandard header file
with just a few definitions in it.

Linux defines this is include/linux/kernel.h, i. e. in a pretty
central place, and we should porobably do the same.

How about adding it to include/common.h instead?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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