> "There should be a architecture-level function for the purpose, and
> indeed there is, but it's a bit annoying.  So we're going to use local
> code instead, and put less-annoying but very similar hunks of code in
> N places." ?!?!?!?
>
> Lose.

Ah, I place oppose here.  To choose a simple definite written
alternative is worhtwhile of considering seriously.  I think it's
sorta holly war which some NetBSD developers would love to argue.

Tohru Nishimura