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Re: IA64 port


From: tgingold
Subject: Re: IA64 port
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:59:26 +0100
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Quoting Alexandre Boeglin <address@hidden>:

> Le mer 30 jan 2008 à 06:48:11 +0100, Tristan Gingold a écrit :
> >     * loader/ia64/efi/linux_normal.c: New file.
> >     * loader/ia64/efi/linux.c: New file.
>
> Hello,
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to merge these and the current loader/i386/efi/linux*
> into one single loader/efi/linux.c and linux_normal.c ?
>
> As far as I've seen, the only IA64 specific part is the FPSWA driver.

Not only.
The parameters are very different, the jump to the kernel too as well as
the memory allocation (we don't want to bother with < 1 MB limit on ia64).

Very few common lines as a consequence.





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