Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751446AbWBVU4E (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:56:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751449AbWBVU4E (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:56:04 -0500 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:15238 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751446AbWBVU4C (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:56:02 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:55:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Randy.Dunlap" X-X-Sender: rddunlap@shark.he.net To: Tom Rini cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , lkml , akpm , ak@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] arch/x86_common: more formal reuse of i386+x86_64 source code In-Reply-To: <20060222205314.GF2696@smtp.west.cox.net> Message-ID: References: <20060208225336.23539710.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060222205314.GF2696@smtp.west.cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1008 Lines: 31 On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Tom Rini wrote: > 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 > > > > 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. Hi Tom, Maybe, but ... a few people like the "common" idea, but Andi has vetoed it, so I've dropped it. -- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/