Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] x86/boot: enumerate documentation for the x86 hardware_subarch

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

David, please note below the highlighted code.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 09:32:59AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For hard coded platform quirks I'd suggest we add x86_platform.quirks flags. For 
> example the F00F hack for Xen could be done via:
> 
> 	x86_platform.quirks.idt_remap = 0;
> 
> and would be set like this during early init:
> 
> void early_init_platform_quirks(void)
> {
> 	x86_platform.legacy.ebda_search = 0;
> 	x86_platform.quirks.idt_remap = 1;
> 
> 	switch (boot_params.hdr.hardware_subarch) {
> 		case X86_SUBARCH_PC:
> 			x86_platform.legacy.ebda_search = 1;
> 			break;
> 		case X86_SUBARCH_XEN:
> 			x86_platform.quirks.idt_remap = 0;
> 			break;
> 		case X86_SUBARCH_LGUEST:
> 			x86_platform.quirks.idt_remap = 0;
> 			break;
> 	}
> }
> 
> And if also add the legacy RTC flag, it becomes:
> 
> void early_init_hardcoded_platform_quirks(void)
> {
> 	x86_platform.legacy.ebda_search = 0;
> 	x86_platform.quirks.idt_remap = 1;
> 	x86_platform.legacy.rtc = 1;
> 
> 	switch (boot_params.hdr.hardware_subarch) {
> 		case X86_SUBARCH_PC:
> 			x86_platform.legacy.ebda_search = 1;
> 			break;
> 		case X86_SUBARCH_XEN:
> 			x86_platform.quirks.idt_remap = 0;
> 			x86_platform.legacy.rtc = 0;
> 			break;
> 		case X86_SUBARCH_LGUEST:
> 			x86_platform.quirks.idt_remap = 0;
> 			x86_platform.legacy.rtc = 0;
> 			break;
> 	}
> }
> 
> Note that both opt-in and opt-out quirks/legacies are possible this way, and note 
> how cleanly and consistently it's all organized: setup of all hard coded 
> legacies/quirks is concentrated in a single function, and the actual usage sites 
> don't know anything about subarchitectures.

<-- snip -- > 

So.. I went with Ingo's template.

> Furthermore we should probably move a few other existing legacies to this flag 
> space as well, to make all this more consistent.

And this suggestion should explain a bit of the effort I put into making
room for other legacy things, which I'll elaborate in the other thread.

  Luis