Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86, microcode: Move to a proper location

H. Peter Anvin
2014-01-14T16:47:20Z

On 01/14/2014 08:36 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 05:22:03PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> Absolutely. I think moving arch/x86/kernel/cpu/ to arch/x86/cpu/
>> would be a first good step. It's all kernel code, there's other
>> subdirectories there that are kernel code ('pci/', 'platform/', etc.),
>> so there's little point in continuing the historic accident of a
>> 'kernel/' subdirectory.
>>
>> Once that is done we can move certain things outside as well - for
>> example arch/x86/cpu/perf/ could probably move to arch/x86/events/,
>> because that code is not about CPU events anymore either.
>
> All fine and dandy with me, but I'd prefer to do this after the merge
> window, i.e. for 3.15. Rushing it now would just cause unnecessary
> trouble IMO.
>

Oh, absolutely.

-hpa