Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753140Ab2HTUEj (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:04:39 -0400 Received: from mail.x86-64.org ([217.9.48.20]:54557 "EHLO mail.x86-64.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751634Ab2HTUEh (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:04:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:04:26 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Fenghua Yu , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Asit K Mallick , Tigran Aivazian , Andreas Herrmann , Borislav Petkov , linux-kernel , x86 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode Message-ID: <20120820200426.GA15006@aftab.osrc.amd.com> References: <1345277729-8399-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> <20120820153927.GB8623@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <50328722.9060009@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50328722.9060009@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1299 Lines: 38 On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:51:14AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Not really, but that isn't even Fenghua's fault. Of course it isn't - I was simply pointing out that this is something that should be fixed at some point in time, when someone needs a project over an otherwise eventless weekend :-). > The cpu directory was originally for cpu detection. The whole kernel/ > directory, of course, is a morass that might as well be called "misc". > Some things are legitimately there -- mainly the syscall table and > things that mirror the global kernel/ -- but a ton of stuff doesn't make > any sense there. > > Reorganizing the kernel/ directory and promoting cpu up one level would Yep, arch/x86/cpu, should contain all cpu-related stuff. > make that make more sense. The pci and irq code are examples of things > that could use their own directories. Yep. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24, 85609 Dornach GM: Alberto Bozzo Reg: Dornach, Landkreis Muenchen HRB Nr. 43632 WEEE Registernr: 129 19551 -- 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/