linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86, apic: Remove support for Summit and ES7000

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Message-ID: <20140212125026.GU11821@two.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:50:26 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Andrey Panin <pazke@...pac.ru>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Dobson <colpatch@...ibm.com>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Garry Forsgren <garry.forsgren@...sys.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86, apic: Remove support for Summit and ES7000

> This is the removal of Summit and ES7000 subarchitectures from x86.  I'd 
> like to do the same for NumaQ, but am still researching if we can really 
> do away with it.

Nice!

How about VISWS?

Please also check if some arch abstracion innline wrappers are not needed
anymore.

I suspect removing numaq will be most helpful, iirc it was the most intrusive.

-Andi
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