On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:24:48 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >
> > This patch set replaces the x86 setup code, which is currently all in
> > assembly, with a version written in C, using the ".code16gcc" feature
> > of binutils (which has been present since at least 2001.)
> >
> > 76 files changed, 4606 insertions(+), 5209 deletions(-)
>
> I can't really argue against this on any sane grounds - not only is it
> removing more lines than it adds, but moving from mostly unreadable
> assembly to C seems a good idea.
>
> How does this impact the size of that code? Do we even care?
>
> But as to how to integrate it, I'm not sure I really want to just merge
> it. I suspect we would want to have it in some public tree that people
> actually test at least to some degree first, and the -mm tree seems to
> make most sense.
>
> I didn't see anything objectionable in the series, although I do think the
> explanations need to be re-done for a number of them. You seem to have
> violated the "a single line to explain the patch at the top" rule, and as
> a result they make no sense for some of them (the explanation for patch
> 05/33 doesn't parse for me and 07/33 seems to have the single-line
> problem)
>
> So let's just get this merged. But the question is, do we put it in
> 2.6.23-rc1, or do we put it in -mm for a few weeks, which would imply
> waiting for the next merge window? Andrew?
>
This code has been in -mm since 11 May, as git-newsetup.patch. It has
caused (for what it is) astonishingly few problems. Maybe a couple of
build glitches and one runtime failure, all quickly fixed.
I'd say it's ready.
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