Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 09:27:22PM +0000, Cherry G. Mathew wrote:
> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	cherry
> Date:		Sat Dec 22 21:27:22 UTC 2018
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	src/sys/arch/amd64/amd64: cpufunc.S
> 	src/sys/arch/i386/i386: cpufunc.S i386func.S
> 	src/sys/arch/xen/x86: xenfunc.c
> 
> Log Message:
> Introduce a weak alias method of exporting different implementations
> of the same API.

Why? As in: what's the advantage of making them weak.

Joerg