linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86, microcode: Move to a proper location

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Message-ID: <20140114185802.GB29871@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:58:02 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	Aravind.Gopalakrishnan@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...e.de,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86, microcode: Move to a proper location

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 08:10:28AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Quite frankly I would be much happier if we didn't stash so much under
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu ... quite frankly it feels like almost *anything*
> could go under there. The microcode code, for example, could go under
> its own subtree.

Yeah, about the microcode, shouldn't it be under kernel/cpu/? My train
of thought is: because it is cpu-related functionality, it logically
belongs there.

Or do we rather apply the shallow tree logic of

arch/x86/microcode
arch/x86/events
...

?

I have to say, arch/x86/kernel/cpu/ is kinda long and hard to remember
so the shallow structure should be nicer on the eyes and the brain :)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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