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

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Message-ID: <46A13A62.5020502@garzik.org>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:42:42 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	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

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
> 
>> I agree with Andi...  it's quite nice to be able to leave some 
>> arch/i386 stuff, and not carry it over to arch/x86-64.
> 
> we can leave those few items in arch/x86 just as much. No need to keep 
> around a legacy tree for that.

By extension it makes doing that sort of thing, in general, more 
difficult.  Which is IMO not desirable.

	Jeff



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