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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, chrisl@vmware.com, davej@codemonkey.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pratap@vmware.com,
	Riley@Williams.Name
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 1/5 more-asm-cleanup
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:01:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42F1AF35.2080700@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42F18638.5070108@vmware.com>

Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Please explain why this is a reject after looking at the cpuid macro.  
> It changed recently.  Note 0 -> %ecx.

Then just use cpuid_eax(4)?  Or do those macros not behave that way?

> Would you prefer that I call cpuid_count and pass an explicit zero 
> parameter for ecx?

I guess I really don't like the implicit zero when it matters, so yes.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-04  6:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-04  0:43 [PATCH] 1/5 more-asm-cleanup zach
2005-08-04  0:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-08-04  3:06   ` Zachary Amsden
2005-08-04  6:01     ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2005-08-04  3:33   ` Zachary Amsden

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