From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Martin J. Bligh" <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Summit support for 2.5 - now with subarch! [0/5]
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 16:24:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021014232423.GA8971@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76800000.1034634448@flay>
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 03:27:28PM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>
> There is an x86_summit switch variable which is needed because
> distributions want the same kernel to boot on Summit as other platforms. For
> most people, just leaving CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT turned off will give them
> exactly the same code as they had before, with no switching. Alan wanted
> it to work this way to make debugging easier, and simplify the common case.
I don't really agree with this switch variable, but if you and James are
willing to duplicate all of the code... :)
Other than that, the patches look nice. _Very_ nice compared to the
original ones, good job.
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-14 23:18 UTC|newest]
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2002-10-14 22:27 [PATCH] Summit support for 2.5 - now with subarch! [0/5] Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-14 23:24 ` Greg KH [this message]
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