From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261400AbVHGBLy (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Aug 2005 21:11:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261407AbVHGBJd (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Aug 2005 21:09:33 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:40660 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261406AbVHGBH0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Aug 2005 21:07:26 -0400 Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 18:07:21 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Zachary Amsden Cc: akpm@osdl.org, chrisw@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davej@codemonkey.org.uk, hpa@zytor.com, Riley@Williams.Name, pratap@vmware.com, chrisl@vmware.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] 3/8 Move sensitive system definitions into the sub-arch layer Message-ID: <20050807010721.GH7762@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <42F4634B.6040201@vmware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42F4634B.6040201@vmware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote: > i386 Transparent Paravirtualization Subarch Patch #3 > > This change encapsulates privileged control register and flags accessors into > the sub-architecture layer. The goal is a clean, uniform interface that may > be redefined on new sub-architectures of i386. I had cheated on this on and the io insn's and pushed the whole thing to subarch. That's only from lack of time, so I'll revisit this one tomorrow. thanks, -chris