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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:01:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Daniele Calore <orkaan@...aan.org>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
	Arjan van de Veen <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Pan Jacob jun <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/3] x86/boot: adding hw subarch ID for Moorestown

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, Daniele Calore wrote:
> I think there is a typo (copy/paste error), see below:
>
> >  #endif /* _ASM_X86_BOOTPARAM_H */
> > Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
> > +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
> > @@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ subarch_entries:
> >  	.long default_entry		/* normal x86/PC */
> >  	.long lguest_entry		/* lguest hypervisor */
> >  	.long xen_entry			/* Xen hypervisor */
> > +	.long default_entry		/* Moorestown MID */
> 
> Typo: s/default_entry/mrst_entry

That's not a typo. :)

MRST will not go via an separate entry it uses the default one and we
evaluate the hardware_subarch id later in i386_start_kernel. That
change is just necessecary that a paravirt enabled kernel does not end
up in bad_subarch for the MRST id.

Thanks,

	tglx
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