linux-kernel - Re: x86 setup rewrite tree ready for flamage^W review

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 10:11:05 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: x86 setup rewrite tree ready for flamage^W review

On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:02:45AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/newsetup-36f021b5.patch
> > 
> > Are you planning to rebase to -linus and then let
> > arch/x86_64/boot/Makefile be a reference to i386/boot/Makefile?
> > 
> > The patch for kbuild to enable this is in -linus now.
> > 
> > As for the important part (the code) I have not looked.
> 
> I have rebased to -linus, but I'm a bit scared about making that
> particular change at this time, mostly because it requires some
> additional Makefile work which I would be happier to apply later, in
> order to make the "create clean patchset" task easier.
> 
> All the source code is shared, but for right now the Makefiles are
> slightly different, mostly w.r.t. CFLAGS.

OK, let me know if you want me to take a look at something specific.

	Sam
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