Re: [PATCH 2/9] x86: introduce a set of platform feature flags

[Alan Cox]

> Which bit is not clear? We've been continuously 'driverizing' the 

What do you mean by "driverizing". You keep using your made up word but
since nobody else knows what you mean its not productive to have the
discussion using invented terms like that.

> core' drivers (many of the core kernel facilities are not available 
> yet at this early stage), but properly abstracted, function vector 
> driven approaches are still a must.

So like the PPC machine vector ?

> This series of patches increases the mess in that area, and that's a 
> step backwards. It sprinkles the code with a fair amount of 'if 
> (feature_x)' conditions instead of cleanly separating out proper 
> abstractions.

That makes sense
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