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Date:	Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:35:03 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	andi@...stfloor.org, vojtech@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/x86_64/00-INDEX

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 07:44:02PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> From: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
> 
> Add Documentation/x86_64/00-INDEX

What's the point of this file?

>  x86_64/00-INDEX |   14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> --- /dev/null	2007-04-23 10:59:00.000000000 -0500
> +++ Documentation/x86_64/00-INDEX	2007-09-28 19:40:56.000000000 -0500
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +00-INDEX
> +	- This file
> +boot-options.txt
> +	- AMD64-specific boot options.

The architecture is not called AMD64 under Linux.

> +mm.txt
> +	- Memory layout of x86-64 (4 level page tables, 46 bits physical).

I don't think such details as the 46 bit number should be in an index file.

-Andi
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