[U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: add 64-64 bit divider

Che-liang Chiou clchiou at chromium.org
Fri Sep 2 05:12:59 CEST 2011


Dear Wolfgang,

I am convinced that a 64-64 bit divider (this patch) is not needed. Is
there any way that we could mark a patch "abandon"?

Regards,
Che-Liang

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Che-liang Chiou,
>
> In message <CANJuy2K9uWdxT6T=mMj0yLiV3cAJUHLNC4LGDv21sP-DMGVzUg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> do_div() and lib/div64.c of linux kernel has been ported to U-Boot
>> since Oct, 2006 (this date is the earliest record that I can find; see
>> commit 7b64fef3).
>
> Indeed, and so far nobody ever needed the patch you submitted, so
> please explain in detail why you need it now?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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