Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:18:42 -0400 (EDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Device (EDD) polling |
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 04:30:29PM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > > arch/i386/kernel/edd.c | 522 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > arch/i386/kernel/i386_ksyms.c | 6 > > arch/i386/kernel/setup.c | 20 + > > Something that's been bothering me for a while, has been the > proliferation of 'driver' type things appearing in arch/i386/kernel/ > My initial thought was to move the various CPU related 'drivers' > (msr,cpuid,bluesmoke,microcode) to arch/i386/cpu/ [1] > but I'm now wondering if an arch/i386/driver/ would be a better alternative. > > Opinions?
Then again, drivers/char has some x86 specific drivers too (e.g. RNGs), perhaps it really should get dumped in drivers/
Zwane -- function.linuxpower.ca
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