Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC

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From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Friday, August 15, 2008 - 4:51 am

* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote:


i suspect the question might have been: 'why this change'.

If that was the question, the answer would be: to unify apic_32.c and 
apic_64.c we first use tiny little changes to bring the two files in 
sync. Presumably, each such change is a NOP or at least very safe - and 
clearly bisectable in the worst-case.

In this case, something that only makes sense on 32-bit has been added 
over to the 64-bit side. The resulting apic.c file will have to have 
legacy code as well - but hopefully not too much.

Cyrill, i've applied your series to tip/x86/apic. (i have fixed the 
timestamps) Please address Maciej's feedback as well, in subsequent 
patches.

	Ingo
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[patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Cyrill Gorcunov, (Wed Dec 31, 5:00 pm)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Maciej W. Rozycki, (Thu Aug 14, 12:44 pm)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Cyrill Gorcunov, (Thu Aug 14, 11:41 pm)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Ingo Molnar, (Fri Aug 15, 4:51 am)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Maciej W. Rozycki, (Fri Aug 15, 5:15 am)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Ingo Molnar, (Fri Aug 15, 6:48 am)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Cyrill Gorcunov, (Fri Aug 15, 7:45 am)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Ingo Molnar, (Fri Aug 15, 7:47 am)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Maciej W. Rozycki, (Fri Aug 15, 8:31 am)
Re: [patch 8/8] x86: apic - unify init_bsp_APIC, Cyrill Gorcunov, (Fri Aug 15, 9:35 am)