Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:06:45 +0200 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 arch subdivision into machine types for 2.5.8 |
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 03:51:12PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > I agree with both of these. The main problem with the memory setup calls is > that most of them are static. I could export them and do overrides, like I do > for everything else, but as someone who also debugs the kernel, I like static > functions because they tell me the use is tightly isolated. I could easily do > two files, it was just looking more messy. > > I'll see if I can export some of the setup.c internals and re-arrange this in > a more orderly way.
I think this is where Patrick Mochel's recent work in that area is going to come in handy. setup.c has been nicely abstracted out into seperate parts, that should make things a little easier.
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