linux-kernel - Re: x86: unify genapic code, unify subarchitectures, remove old subarchitecture code

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Message-ID: <7477.1233267557@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:19:17 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Tim Pepper <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: x86: unify genapic code, unify subarchitectures, remove old subarchitecture code

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:14:02 +0100, Ingo Molnar said:

> So two days ago it might have made some sense to rip out this code - now 
> there's no pressing need really. We can remove it in a few years once the 
> last beep has been received from those platforms. The numaq code is now 
> quite similar to an old driver in drivers/* - there's no real downside 
> from having it around.

Eventually, somebody will end up submitting a patch that adds the almost
inevitable 'depends on BROKEN' to the appropriate Kconfig...

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