linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 01/14] x86/boot: enumerate documentation for the x86 hardware

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Date:	Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:25:38 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, bp@...en8.de,
	hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luto@...capital.net,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, david.vrabel@...rix.com,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	lguest@...ts.ozlabs.org, jlee@...e.com, glin@...e.com,
	matt@...eblueprint.co.uk, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/14] x86/boot: enumerate documentation for the x86
 hardware_subarch

On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 17:06 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Although hardware_subarch has been in place since the x86 boot
> protocol 2.07 it hasn't been used much. Enumerate current possible
> values to avoid misuses and help with semantics later at boot
> time should this be used further.
> 
> These enums should only ever be used by architecture x86 code,
> and all that code should be well contained and compartamentalized,
> clarify that as well.

Nitpick:

> + * @X86_SUBARCH_PC: Should be used if the hardware is enumerable
> using standard
> + *	PC mechanisms (PCI, ACPI) and doesn't need a special boot
> flow.
> + * @X86_SUBARCH_LGUEST: Used for x86 hypervisor demo, lguest
> + * @X86_SUBARCH_XEN: Used for Xen guest types which follow the PV
> boot path,
> + * 	which start at asm startup_xen() entry point and later
> jump to the C
> + * 	xen_start_kernel() entry point.
> + * @X86_SUBARCH_INTEL_MID: Used for Intel MID (Mobile Internet
> Device) platform
> + *	systems which do not have the PCI legacy interfaces.
> + * @X86_SUBARCH_CE4100: Used for Intel CE media processor (CE4100)
> SOC for

I think 'SoC' (without quotes) will be better.

> + * 	for settop boxes and media devices, the use of a subarch
> for CE4100
> + * 	is more of a hack...

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy