Re: i386 requires x86_64?

[L. A. Walsh]

Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 19:31 -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>   
> > Yes, there are bits in i386 that use x86_64 and there are
> > bits in x86_64 that use i386 code, so that the source code
> > won't have to be duplicated.
> >     
> Perhaps we need an arch/x86_common that has this code.  Not just to help
> those that like to delete other archs, but also to make it easier for us
> that might modify the code and know that this code is shared.  It's
> better design to have a arch/x86_common that is compiled with i386 and
> x86_64 than to have code with - #include "../../x86_64/kernel/blah.c" -
> in it.
>
>   
I'd tend to agree (unless it is a big problem).
It seems an unsound design principle to manually be
including code via direct references to a different architecture
tree.

Linda

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