Re: [RFC patch 02/32] x86: Add probe_roms to platform_setup

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Aug 21 2009 - 18:38:58 EST


On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> On 08/21/09 14:29, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> [argh attachments]

No. :)

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> > probe_roms is only used on 32bit. Add it to the platform_setup code
> > and remove the #ifdefs.
> >
> > Default initializer is platform_setup_noop() which is overridden in
> > the 32bit boot code.
> >
> >
>
> I realize you're aiming to make this transform have no functional
> side-effects, but is there a good reason why probe_roms *couldn't* be
> done in 64-bit? It seems to me that its useful for coverage
> completeness to have the 32 and 64 bit do the same thing even if its
> sometimes redundant.

Yes. I aimed for functional equivilance in the first place and this is
a RFC so any improvements are welcome.

Thanks,

tglx
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