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/...

[Attilio Rao]

2010/2/26 M. Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com>:
> In message: <201002251413.o1PEDdKV033584 at svn.freebsd.org>
>            Attilio Rao <attilio at FreeBSD.org> 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?

I don't think there are (still) KPI changes.
Which one are you referring to?

Attilio


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