From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 25 23:46:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D67106564A; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D9438FC14; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o1PNce1S085931; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:38:40 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:38:50 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20100225.163850.864172011105110621.imp@bsdimp.com> To: attilio@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <201002251413.o1PEDdKV033584@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201002251413.o1PEDdKV033584@svn.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r204309 - in head/sys: amd64/amd64 amd64/isa conf i386/bios i386/cpufreq i386/i386 i386/isa i386/xen isa modules/bios/smbios modules/bios/vpd modules/cpufreq pc98/pc98 x86 x86/bios x86/... X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:46:51 -0000 In message: <201002251413.o1PEDdKV033584@svn.freebsd.org> Attilio Rao writes: : Author: attilio : Date: Thu Feb 25 14:13:39 2010 : New Revision: 204309 : URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/204309 : : Log: : Introduce the new kernel sub-tree x86 which should contain all the code : shared and generalized between our current amd64, i386 and pc98. : : This is just an initial step that should lead to a more complete effort. : For the moment, a very simple porting of cpufreq modules, BIOS calls and : the whole MD specific ISA bus part is added to the sub-tree but ideally : a lot of code might be added and more shared support should grow. Cool! : Sponsored by: Sandvine Incorporated : Reviewed by: emaste, kib, jhb, imp : Discussed on: arch : MFC: 3 weeks Is this really wise? Are these changes KPI neutral? Warner