linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] x86: Add Isolated Memory Regions for Quark X1000

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:38:35 +0000
From:	Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
	dvhart@...radead.org, andy.shevchenko@...il.com,
	boon.leong.ong@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] x86: Add Isolated Memory Regions for Quark X1000

On 22/01/15 11:24, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
>>   arch/x86/Kconfig           |  25 ++
>>   arch/x86/Kconfig.debug     |  13 +
>>   arch/x86/include/asm/imr.h |  60 ++++
>>   arch/x86/kernel/Makefile   |   1 +
>>   arch/x86/kernel/imr.c      | 681 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Can we please stop to dump random stuff into x86/kernel?
>
> x86/platform ... would be a proper place for this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	tglx
>

Hi Thomas.

The IMR registers live in the north cluster of the SoC which is why I 
thought arch/x86/kernel would be the best place for this code.

That said, there's no technical reason we couldn't move this code to

drivers/platform/x86/intel_qrk_imr.c

Darren - would that be acceptable to you ?


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