Re: NatSemi Geode improvement

[H. Peter Anvin]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 11:29:01AM +0900, Hiroshi Miura wrote:
>  > I try now using set6x86 to set these registers, then can do most of these 
>  > except for set_cx86_memwb().
>  > 
>  > To set the memory write-back, I need to set the CR0  which needs special previlleges.
>  > set6x86 cannot set CR0.
>  > 
>  > the set_cx86_memwb() need to be done in the kernel
>  > the others has no reason to do that.
>  > it is ok?
> 
> It's all __init anyway, so it's ok I guess.
> The added bloat for non-cyrix users is in the region of a few bytes...
> 
> My initial idea for this sort of thing was going to be to dump it
> all in the early-userspace thing that Al Viro was hacking up.
> Al, anything appearing in a last minute merge over the next
> few days ?
> 

Al has passed off the initramfs patch, and I will start integration of 
klibc into the kernel build tree next week.

(Quite a lot of work has been done on klibc in isolation; it just hasn't 
been part of the kernel build tree.  If that means it ends up being 
built separately it would be unfortunate but no disaster.)

	-hpa