Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:53:15 -0700
From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] arch/x86_common: more formal reuse of i386+x86_64 source code
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:53:36PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> (not completed yet)
> (patch applies to 2.6.16-rc2)
> 
> Patch is 331 KB and is at
>   http://www.xenotime.net/linux/patches/x86-common1.patch
> 
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> 
> Move lots of i386 & x86_64 common code into arch/x86_common/
> and modify Makefiles to use it from there.

I know I'm quite late here, but perhaps it should be arch/common?  I
remember thinking ages ago the i8259 stuff could be shared between ppc32
and i386 (it was ages ago).  And there's possibly other stuff like that.

-- 
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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