Re: [x86, patch] turn x86 VISWS into a generic architecture

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Fri Jul 11 2008 - 05:01:40 EST


On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 10.07.08 19:07:12, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/Makefile b/arch/x86/pci/Makefile
>> > index 99d9f09..e515e8d 100644
>> > --- a/arch/x86/pci/Makefile
>> > +++ b/arch/x86/pci/Makefile
>> > @@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ pci-y := fixup.o
>> > pci-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += acpi.o
>> > pci-y += legacy.o irq.o
>> >
>> > -# Careful: VISWS overrule the pci-y above. The colons are
>> > -# therefor correct. This needs a proper fix by distangling the code.
>> > -pci-$(CONFIG_X86_VISWS) := visws.o fixup.o
>> > +pci-$(CONFIG_X86_VISWS) += visws.o
>>
>> Ingo, if we turn this into generic code, we have to remove the
>> subsys_initcall for this too. Otherwise subsystem initialization is
>> running twice, in legacy.c and in visws.c.
>
> Ok. Mind sending a patch for this against tip/master? Both your changes
> and the visws cleanups are all in there and are tested through on
> typical hardware.
>
> (Also, there's the suggestion from Yinghai to first do the numa init.)

could change the numa.c to numaq.c too. that name is confusing..

YH
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