Re: [PATCH] x86/pci: exclude mrst pci code for other platform

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Feb 24 2010 - 16:45:37 EST


On 02/24/2010 01:03 PM, Pan, Jacob jun wrote:
> Our goal is to have a binary compatible kernel runs on Moorestown and PC, can
> we keep the Moorestown PCI code for this purpose?

CONFIG_X86_MRST is supposed to reflect the *ability* to run on
Moorestown, not the *requirement* of running on Moorestown. As such,
Yinghai's patch seems correct to me.

If you cannot boot a kernel with CONFIG_X86_MRST=y on PC hardware, that
is a bug which should be fixed.

-hpa

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