Re: [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:51:14AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Not really, but that isn't even Fenghua's fault.

Of course it isn't - I was simply pointing out that this is something
that should be fixed at some point in time, when someone needs a project
over an otherwise eventless weekend :-).

> The cpu directory was originally for cpu detection.  The whole kernel/
> directory, of course, is a morass that might as well be called "misc".
> Some things are legitimately there -- mainly the syscall table and
> things that mirror the global kernel/ -- but a ton of stuff doesn't make
> any sense there.
> 
> Reorganizing the kernel/ directory and promoting cpu up one level would

Yep, arch/x86/cpu, should contain all cpu-related stuff.

> make that make more sense.  The pci and irq code are examples of things
> that could use their own directories.

Yep.

Thanks.

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