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

Dave Jones
2002-09-29T16:03:58Z

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?

Dave

[1] also a more natural home for things like cpufreq if/when it gets integrated.
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