linux-kernel - Re: x86 setup code rewrite in C

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:30:56 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: x86 setup code rewrite in C - revised

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:24:48 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >
> > This patch set replaces the x86 setup code, which is currently all in
> > assembly, with a version written in C, using the ".code16gcc" feature
> > of binutils (which has been present since at least 2001.)
> >
> >  76 files changed, 4606 insertions(+), 5209 deletions(-)
> 
> I can't really argue against this on any sane grounds - not only is it 
> removing more lines than it adds, but moving from mostly unreadable 
> assembly to C seems a good idea.
> 
> How does this impact the size of that code? Do we even care?
> 
> But as to how to integrate it, I'm not sure I really want to just merge 
> it. I suspect we would want to have it in some public tree that people 
> actually test at least to some degree first, and the -mm tree seems to 
> make most sense.
> 
> I didn't see anything objectionable in the series, although I do think the 
> explanations need to be re-done for a number of them. You seem to have 
> violated the "a single line to explain the patch at the top" rule, and as 
> a result they make no sense for some of them (the explanation for patch 
> 05/33 doesn't parse for me and 07/33 seems to have the single-line 
> problem)
> 
> So let's just get this merged. But the question is, do we put it in 
> 2.6.23-rc1, or do we put it in -mm for a few weeks, which would imply 
> waiting for the next merge window? Andrew?
> 

This code has been in -mm since 11 May, as git-newsetup.patch.  It has
caused (for what it is) astonishingly few problems.  Maybe a couple of
build glitches and one runtime failure, all quickly fixed.

I'd say it's ready.
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