linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/15] x86: APIC related clean up

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Date:	Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:53:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] x86: APIC related clean up

On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, Yinghai Lu wrote:

Why the heck is this called cleanup ?

> 1. Merge acpi_register_lapic_address, smp_register_lapic_address, sfi_register_lapic_address
>

This part is a cleanup and makes some sense.

> 2. nox2apic support: disable x2apic for preenabled system or kexec path.

This part is adding and changing functionality, so it needs to be a
different series with a 0/N mail which explains what and why.

And please take your time addressing the review issues as this is
going to be 2.6.38 material if at all.

Thanks,

	tglx
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