* Andi Kleen ([email protected]) wrote:
> The equivalent to the powerpc way would be essentially to report i386
> into the x86-64 code base and leave the really old hardware only
> in arch/i386. I've considered doing it, but it would be an awful
> lot of work and to tempt distributions to actually use the new
> port would require going back quite a long time. And at least
> immediately it would end up with three cases to do things instead
> of two like currently.
Well that's just silly. The right way will never create 3 ways, but
always keep the limit to the existing 2 where the differences aren't
worth reconciling, and 1 for anything that is common.
It will be a fair amount of work, so any constructive input you have
upfront would be helpful.
thanks,
-chris
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