RFC x86: Refactor the setup code to provide a base for embedded platforms

The recently posted Moorestown support patches finally indicate the arrival of the embedded nightmare to arch/x86.

Moorestown is a SoC with a x86 core and a bunch of random peripherals glued around it. It finally gets rid of legacy hardware like PIT, 8042 et. al. but on the other hand it introduces the full embedded horror by adding random peripheral IP cores as an replacement which are glued onto the x86 CPU with duct tape and other nasty tricks.

The most remarkable achievement is the PIT replacement AHBT timer which is originally an ARM AMBA based IP core and provides random timer readout and other fancy features. It's the final prove that Intel HW folks are unable to design a working timer. Sigh, I eventually hoped that we see something usable in that area after a decade of suffering. :(

Anyway. We want to support Moorestown & Co. nevertheless, but as we have seen from the initial patches it needs to fiddle in the guts of the x86 setup code. Most of the points where it interferes are already covered by x86_quirks or paravirt modifications, but we cannot use either of those to do sane multi platform support.

The following patch series refactors the setup related x86_quirks and the setup related paravirt hooks and puts them into an extensible platform_setup infrastructure to provide a proper base for adding the Moorestown modifications. As a side effect it also unifies time_32/64.c and removes some leftovers of the pre arch/x86 era.

Note, this is not a replacement for paravirt_ops. It is just replacing the setup related paravirt stuff so it can be reused for other platforms though I have to say that it removes a fair amount of obscurity which was introduced by paravirt & Co.

The total result of this overhaul is:

 arch/x86/include/asm/do_timer.h                |   16 --
 arch/x86/kernel/time_32.c                      |  137 -------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c                      |  135 ------------------------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h          |    3 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/e820.h          |    2 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/hypervisor.h    |    2 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h       |    3 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h           |    3 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/mpspec.h        |   40 ++++++-
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h      |   63 -----------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h       |   10 -
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h |    4 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/platform.h      |  130 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h         |   45 --------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/time.h          |    3 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h         |   14 --
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h           |    3 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h        |    2 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile             |    4 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c          |    3 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c       |   11 --
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/numaq_32.c      |   55 ++++------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/hypervisor.c     |   14 +-
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c         |   35 +++---
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c               |   19 ---
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c             |   11 +-
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c             |    3 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c            |   36 +-----
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c           |    7 -
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c            |   75 ++++---------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c           |   34 ------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/platform_setup.c     |   73 +++++++++++++
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c              |  111 ++------------------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c            |    4 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/time.c               |  120 +++++++++++++++++++++
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c              |    5 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c                |   69 ++++++++++--
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/visws_quirks.c       |   56 +++-------
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c             |    9 -
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/vmiclock_32.c        |    2 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c               |    9 -
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c             |   23 ++--
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/xen/irq.c                   |    5 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c                   |   16 ++
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/xen/mmu.h                   |    2 
 linux-2.6/arch/x86/xen/xen-ops.h               |    2 
 linux-2.6/init/main.c                          |    2 
 47 files changed, 622 insertions(+), 808 deletions(-)

Thanks,

tglx