Re: [RFC patch 00/32] x86: Refactor the setup code to provide a base for embedded platforms

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-08-21T22:19:15Z

On 08/21/09 14:29, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The following patch series refactors the setup related x86_quirks and
> the setup related paravirt hooks and puts them into an extensible
> platform_setup infrastructure to provide a proper base for adding the
> Moorestown modifications. As a side effect it also unifies
> time_32/64.c and removes some leftovers of the pre arch/x86 era.
>

I haven't gone through the patches at all yet, but I definitely like
this direction. I've got some local patches to generalize x86_quirks a
bit, and I'm hoping that you've already subsumed them; if not, it should
be easy to extend on top of your patches.

J