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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode
    On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:51:14AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    > Not really, but that isn't even Fenghua's fault.

    Of course it isn't - I was simply pointing out that this is something
    that should be fixed at some point in time, when someone needs a project
    over an otherwise eventless weekend :-).

    > The cpu directory was originally for cpu detection. The whole kernel/
    > directory, of course, is a morass that might as well be called "misc".
    > Some things are legitimately there -- mainly the syscall table and
    > things that mirror the global kernel/ -- but a ton of stuff doesn't make
    > any sense there.
    >
    > Reorganizing the kernel/ directory and promoting cpu up one level would

    Yep, arch/x86/cpu, should contain all cpu-related stuff.

    > make that make more sense. The pci and irq code are examples of things
    > that could use their own directories.

    Yep.

    Thanks.

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