linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Use helper in fault

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Message-Id: <1197977029.7734.23.camel@brick>
Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:23:49 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Use helper in fault_64.c

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 12:19 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Use the fixup_exception() helper in fault_64.c
> 
> thanks, applied.
> 
> > This is only appropriate if CONFIG_PNP_BIOS cannot be set on X86_64, 
> > which looks to be the case, but needs confirmation.
> 
> yeah, that seems to be the case:
> 
> in drivers/pnp/pnpbios/Kconfig:
> 
>  config PNPBIOS
>  ...
>          depends on ISA && X86 && EXPERIMENTAL
> 
> in arch/x86/Kconfig:
> 
>  if X86_32
>  config ISA

That's how I read it, just wanted a second opinion.

Harvey

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