linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 02/11] x86/lib/cpio.c: Find cpio data by its file name

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Message-ID: <3E5A0FA7E9CA944F9D5414FEC6C712200778794E@ORSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:23:08 +0000
From:	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
CC:	H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	Tigran Aivazian <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 02/11] x86/lib/cpio.c: Find cpio data by its file name

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [mailto:hmh@....eng.br]
> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:13 PM
> To: Yu, Fenghua
> Cc: H Peter Anvin; Ingo Molnar; Thomas Gleixner; Mallick, Asit K;
> Tigran Aivazian; Andreas Herrmann; Borislav Petkov; linux-kernel; x86
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] x86/lib/cpio.c: Find cpio data by its file
> name
> 
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> > Given a file's name, find its starting point in a cpio formated area.
> This will
> > be used to find microcode in combined initrd image. But this function
> is
> > generic and could be used in other places.
> 
> Shouldn't this (very useful) feature get its own documentation in
> Documentation/ ?

Yes, I can document the feature. And if it's generic and useful, this function could be put in generic kernel instead of in x86 arch.

Thanks.

-Fenghua
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