Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:06:10 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH take3 00/20] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 - Take 3 |
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Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > >> Once again here's an attempt to put the shared files of x86_64 and >> i386 into a separate directory. > > what do you think about the idea i suggested: to do an x32_/x64_ prefix > (or _32/_64 postfix), in a brute-force way, _right away_. I.e. do not > have any overlap of having both arch/i386/ and arch/x86_64/ and > arch/x86/ - move everything to arch/x86/ right now.
No, no, please don't do that. It would make backporting patches for stable kernels a real pain. Moving only the common files is the right way to go for a first cut...
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