On Saturday 31 March 2007 04:00, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Currently x86 (similar to x84-64) has a special per-cpu structure > called "i386_pda" which can be easily and efficiently referenced via > the %fs register. An ELF section is more flexible than a structure, > allowing any piece of code to use this area. Indeed, such a section > already exists: the per-cpu area. Hmm, I'm a little reluctant. This moves i386 more away from x86-64 again. If we ever merge them it would mean more work. Do you really need it? -Andi _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
