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

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Message-ID: <46A1A993.202@qumranet.com>
Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:37:07 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	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

Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> We are pleased to announce a project we've been working on for some 
> time: the unified x86 architecture tree, or "arch/x86" - and we'd like 
> to solicit feedback about it.
>   

kvm will really like this.  while kvm will always have #ifdefs for i386
and x86_64, this work will reduce them, and will make kvm code cleaner. 
Of course, I also believe it makes sense from the non-kvm-centric point
of view.

Thanks for doing this!

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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