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

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:56:24 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"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

On 7/20/07, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> 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.

how about making all files ans directories take _32 or _64 in the name?
except the files or dir that are shared.

for example: k8_bus.c is only need by 64 ===> change it to k8_bus_64.c
mach-generic===> mach-generic_32

YH
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