From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86, cpuid: Unbreak CPB CPUID feature
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:10:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C977979.2060301@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100920140521.GA4823@aftab>
On 09/20/2010 07:05 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 5958f1d5d722df7a9e5d129676614a8e5219bacd added mistakenly the CPB bit to
> the common scattered CPUID features. Move it to AMD-only code where it
> belongs.
I already asked for more information about this. This patch, without a
further description, makes absolutely no sense, and is furthermore
implemented poorly -- I really don't want more ad hoc code if it can be
avoided.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-20 15:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-20 14:05 [PATCH 1/2] x86, cpuid: Unbreak CPB CPUID feature Borislav Petkov
2010-09-20 15:10 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-09-20 15:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2010-09-20 15:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
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