--On Thursday, August 11, 2005 00:54:37 +0200 Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> like a reasonable first step to me. (we also need to cross-link better >> with x86_64 code, but ...not all in one go ;-)). > > No - the plan is to move most of the old hardware bug workarounds on x86-64. > That will make it much cleaner, but also more different. That cannot > be done on i386 for obvious reasons. So no code sharing in this area please. Diff the two files, you'll find a crapload of code that's the same or trivially similar. Anyway ... different debate for later, and Andi's problem ;-) M. PS. Look at setup_nmi - looks like you might be missing a bugfix for SMP?