Re: [PATCH 2/4] i386 GDT cleanups: Use per-cpu GDT immediatelyupon boot
From: Rusty Russell
Date: Wed Mar 21 2007 - 07:56:39 EST
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 03:31 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > -/*
> > - * The boot_gdt_table must mirror the equivalent in setup.S and is
> > - * used only for booting.
> > - */
>
> It looks like you are killing a useful comment here for no good reason.
Hi Eric,
I think one has to look harder, then. There is no "equivalent in
setup.S": there is no setup.S, and it's certainly not clear what GDT
this "must mirror": it doesn't mirror any GDT at the moment.
This leaves us with "is only used for booting". The name
"boot_gdt_table" and the code itself are pretty clear.
A comment might well deserve to live here, but not this one 8)
Hope that clarifies,
Rusty.
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