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Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support

From "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support
Date 2016-01-21 21:00 +0100
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On 01/21/16 11:50, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> Right... we already do that.
> 
> I don't even think you need to initialize any tables.  At least on i386,
> we have to do this in assembly code.  However, it is just a simple table
> walk.  :)
> 

It might make more sense to make subarch its own table, though, although
I haven't looked at your code in enough detail to say.

	-hpa

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Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2016-01-20 22:40 +0100
  Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-20 22:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2016-01-20 23:20 +0100
      Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-20 23:30 +0100
        Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2016-01-22 01:30 +0100
          Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-22 01:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> - 2016-01-21 09:40 +0100
    Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2016-01-21 14:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-21 20:30 +0100
        Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2016-01-21 20:50 +0100
          Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-21 21:00 +0100
            Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2016-01-22 01:30 +0100
          Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-21 21:00 +0100
            Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2016-01-21 21:10 +0100
              Re: [RFC v1 4/8] x86/init: add linker table support "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-01-21 22:40 +0100

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