linux-kernel - Re: [RFC, Announce] Unified x86 architecture, arch/x86

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:40:18 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Michal Piotrowski" <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
Cc:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...l.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Chris Wright" <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC, Announce] Unified x86 architecture, arch/x86

On Saturday 21 July 2007 01:55, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 21/07/07, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > We are pleased to announce a project we've been working on for some
> > time: the unified x86 architecture tree, or "arch/x86" - and we'd like
> > to solicit feedback about it.
> >
> > What is this about?
>
> [..]
>
> > As usual, comments and suggestions are welcome!
>
> I really like this idea - code duplication is a bad thing.

Did you actually look at the patch? It doesn't have a single line
less duplication than there was before. Everything that could
be easily shared was shared already. 

It's just new window dressing without any real advantages.

-Andi
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