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

H. Peter Anvin
2014-01-14T19:19:35Z

On 01/14/2014 10:58 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 08:10:28AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Quite frankly I would be much happier if we didn't stash so much under
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu ... quite frankly it feels like almost *anything*
>> could go under there. The microcode code, for example, could go under
>> its own subtree.
>
> Yeah, about the microcode, shouldn't it be under kernel/cpu/? My train
> of thought is: because it is cpu-related functionality, it logically
> belongs there.

arch/x86/cpu/microcode seems clean. I'm wondering if what is mostly
currently in arch/x86/kernel/cpu should be mostly in something like
arch/x86/cpu/init.

-hpa