linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64

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Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:02:43 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...igh.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 -
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On Mar 15 2007 08:59, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Martin Bligh wrote:
>> 
>> Can't we move the shared files into a new shared arch/ subdirectory
>> (ia32_64 or whatever), and have them included from both places?
>
>That's *exactly* what the patches do (except it's called "arch/x86", which 
>is clearly the best option - please don't use "ia" _anywhere_ except for 
>"ia64", since that's the only architecture that is really "intel 
>architecture").

IA32 = Intel/AMD 32 :)


Jan
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