Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:38:27 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86, microcode: Move to a proper location |
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* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> 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.
Agreed.
Thanks,
Ingo
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