x86 boot, pda and gdt cleanups

Rusty Russell lkml 1 version Mar 6, 2007 In review

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#	Subject and files	Size	Replies
1/8	Remove cpu_gdt_table: use boot_gdt_table until migration to per-cpu`arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c` `arch/i386/kernel/head.S` `include/asm-i386/desc.h`	+8 ~~-20~~	3 replies
2/8	Remove NR_CPUS from asm-generic/percpu.h`include/asm-generic/percpu.h`	+1 -1	1 reply
3/8	Use per-cpu variables for GDT, PDA`arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c` `arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c` `arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c` +3 more	+24 ~~-116~~	1 reply
4/8	Cleanup setup_pda`arch/i386/kernel/head.S` `arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c`	+4 ~~-18~~	0 replies
5/8	Cleanup GDT access`arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c` `arch/i386/kernel/efi.c` `arch/i386/kernel/entry.S` +3 more	+22 ~~-34~~	1 reply
6/8	Allow per-cpu variables to be page-aligned`arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S` `arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S` `arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S` +16 more	+24 ~~-26~~	5 replies
7/8	Page-align the GDT`arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c` `arch/i386/kernel/entry.S` `arch/i386/kernel/head.S` +2 more	+15 ~~-10~~	0 replies
8/8	Convert PDA into the percpu section`arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c` `arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c` `arch/i386/kernel/entry.S` +14 more	+179 ~~-194~~	10 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/8] x86 boot, pda and gdt cleanups

Hi all,

The GDT stuff on x86 is a little more complex than it need be, but
playing with boot code is always dangerous. These compile and boot on UP and SMP for me, but Andrew should let the cook in -mm for a while.

Thanks!
Rusty.

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