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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86/amd: Introduce AMD Address Translation Library
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Hi,

On 8/8/23 16:07, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> On 8/8/2023 8:10 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On August 8, 2023 5:17:33 AM GMT+02:00, "Limonciello, Mario" <mario.limonciello@amd.com> wrote:
>>> Given it's 'library code' to be used by a bunch of things and also want to be able to use a module, what about putting it in lib/?  There's plenty of library code there as tristate.
>>
>> It is x86-specific so not in there. Also, it might be used by multiple things so you want it as a separate "translation" service which is called by other modules.
>>
>
> There are modules in arch/x86, so I guess that's not an issue (not sure what I was thinking).

Right, I think arch/x86 makes sense.

As for putting this under drivers/platform/x86/amd as initially suggested. That means that any code which wants to select this because it needs the functions also must select X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES, so IMHO it is better to put it in another place.

Regards,

Hans


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