Re: [patch 05/14] percpu: Use a Kconfig variable to configure arch specific percpu setup

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Rusty Russell wrote:

> Have you considered moving x86-64's setup_per_cpu_areas into generic code?  
> It's a bit messier because some archs might not have set up NUMA stuff yet, 
> but it's logically generic...

Yes that will happen later. This is just the early cleanup work. I 
plan to generally bring the two x86 arches in line. The pda will be 
folded into the per cpu area and after that its easy to do.

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