linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] x86/boot: Moorestown patch set based on platform

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0908291858400.19335@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:59:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	"Pan, Jacob jun" <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>
cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 team <x86@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Arjan van de Veen <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Alok N Kataria <akataria@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] x86/boot: Moorestown patch set based on platform_set
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Pan, Jacob jun wrote:

> Based on platform_setup patchset posted by tglx (http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/21/358)
> 
> These Moorestown patches have become much simplified once ported to the new
> platform_setup layer. 
> 
> Now the platform feature flags are less useful, in fact they
> are only used in separating ioapic and 8259 now, so once the interrupt
> controller code is drivernized, we would not need the platform feature flags
> in the core.

I don't think that we need big changes in the ioapic code. All you
need can be done with way simpler tweaking.

Thanks,

	tglx


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