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Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 15:56:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [patch/rfc] gdb: clean up x86 cpuid implementations
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To: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
Cc: vapier@gentoo.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 21:26:40 -0700
> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
> Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>, gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> 
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >> From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> >> but in the end, i don't care about dead things like DOS, so if people prefer
> >> to leave the cruft in that one file, i can look the other way while still
> >> cleaning up everything else.
> >
> > Yes, please.
> 
> I don't have an opinion on which way to go,
> but if we leave DOS alone,
> can we add a comment explaining why things are the way they are,
> so that the next person won't have to dig through archives.

Certainly.  Will do once I see what is actually committed.