Re: [RFC][PATCH] x86 BIOS Enhanced Disk Device (EDD) polling

Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-09-29T16:14:43Z

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
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