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From:	Tomaso Paoletti <tpaoletti@caviumnetworks.com>
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Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:17:14PM -0700, Tomaso Paoletti wrote:
> 
>> This is a first (trivial) set of patches to pave the way for support of  
>> OCTEON processors in the kernel.
>>
>> The set adds:
>> - Detection of OCTEON CPU variants in cpu_probe_cavium()
>> - Processor ID (PrID) constants
>> - Workaround (WAR) include file
>>
>> Please consider for inclusion.
> 
> So with the evil email monster having kept these mails without sharing them
> with us...

We fed the 'evil email monster' with junk mail, and it let go of the 
original messages.
Quite an embarassment, sorry about that.

> I normally insist that there are users for new header files or functions
> since otherwise the kernel janitors will remove them shortly ...

Got it. I'm going to post users soon in a separate patchset, so that you 
can queue them in the reverse order (they are orthogonal), if that's ok 
with you.
Thanks

   Tomaso