On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:51:14AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Not really, but that isn't even Fenghua's fault.
Of course it isn't - I was simply pointing out that this is something that should be fixed at some point in time, when someone needs a project over an otherwise eventless weekend :-). > The cpu directory was originally for cpu detection. The whole kernel/ > directory, of course, is a morass that might as well be called "misc". > Some things are legitimately there -- mainly the syscall table and > things that mirror the global kernel/ -- but a ton of stuff doesn't make > any sense there. > > Reorganizing the kernel/ directory and promoting cpu up one level would Yep, arch/x86/cpu, should contain all cpu-related stuff. > make that make more sense. The pci and irq code are examples of things > that could use their own directories. Yep. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Advanced Micro Devices GmbH Einsteinring 24, 85609 Dornach GM: Alberto Bozzo Reg: Dornach, Landkreis Muenchen HRB Nr. 43632 WEEE Registernr: 129 19551 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
