Re: [patch 06/11] PAT x86: Refactoring i386 cpa

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> > This makes 32 bit cpa similar to x86_64 and makes it easier for 
> > following PAT patches.
> 
> Please don't do this -- that would be a nightmare merging with my CPA 
> series.
> 
> This means adding the _addr() entry point is ok (although it should 
> not be needed on i386 because it doesn't do the end_pfn_mapped trick), 
> but not a wide scale refactoring.

yeah, i think we can unify after your cpa fixes and enhancements just 
fine - as you did the changes symmetrically for 32-bit and 64-bit. 
Hopefully i'll be able to upload the current PAT stuff in x86.git later 
today so that you can merge the cpa items ontop of it.

	Ingo
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