linux-kernel - Re: [patch 06/11] PAT x86: Refactoring i386 cpa

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Message-ID: <p73bq7to68k.fsf@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:00:59 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com
Cc:	ebiederm@...ssion.com, rdreier@...co.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...e.de, airlied@...net.ie,
	davej@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.co,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 06/11] PAT x86: Refactoring i386 cpa

venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com writes:

> This makes 32 bit cpa similar to x86_64 and makes it easier for following PAT
> patches.

Please don't do this -- that would be a nightmare merging with my CPA
series.

This means adding the _addr() entry point is ok (although it should not 
be needed on i386 because it doesn't do the end_pfn_mapped trick), but not 
a wide scale refactoring.

-Andi
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