Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 -Take 2

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Martin Bligh wrote:
> 
> Can't we move the shared files into a new shared arch/ subdirectory
> (ia32_64 or whatever), and have them included from both places?

That's *exactly* what the patches do (except it's called "arch/x86", which 
is clearly the best option - please don't use "ia" _anywhere_ except for 
"ia64", since that's the only architecture that is really "intel 
architecture").

> On the downside, it's more ../../.. type stuff. On the upside,
> they're more cleanly separated and it's apparent what's going on.
> Seems nicer to me than drivers/ and kernel/ for stuff that's
> really arch specific, but shared between two arches.

Absolutely. I'm agreeing violently. I just suspect not a lot of people 
really looked at the patches..

		Linus
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