Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:04:26 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode |
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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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