linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Merge setup

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:28:20 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, "Mike Travis" <travis@....com>
Cc:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Merge setup_32/64.c into setup.c

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> * Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> >>  include/asm-x86/setup.h    |    2
>> >>  5 files changed, 670 insertions(+), 934 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > very nice!
>> >
>> > could we please split this up into several, gradual steps that bring
>> > setup_32.c and setup_64.c to exactly the same content - where the final
>> > patch just renames arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c to arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>> > and deletes arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c ?
>>
>> OK, someone (Mike Triavis) already stole setup.c for X86_NUMA.
>>
>> You need to change that setup.c to other name. or split it away...
>
> hm, that change was supposed to be the seed of a unification. So if it
> actually hinders you, feel free to move it to a different file.
> Obviously it is setup_32.c and setup_64.c that should be unified into
> setup.c.

ok, I will change that setup_percpu.c

YH
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