linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] x86: introduce a set of platform feature flags

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Message-ID: <20090626101446.114edbe2@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:14:46 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"Pan, Jacob jun" <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] x86: introduce a set of platform feature flags


> Whether a given platform has a 'standard PC' or some custom driver 
> then depends on that driver's init sequence - it's not a central 
> thing.

How exactly do you propose to handle boot memory allocation (eg EBDA)
with a driver ? Perhaps you can explain "driverize" as it isn't in any
dictionary and I'm not at all clear what you are on about ?
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