Re: [PATCH 1/3] s390/cpufeature: rework to allow more than only hwcap bits

Steffen Eiden
2022-07-12T11:57:24Z

On 7/12/22 12:52, Steffen Eiden wrote:
> Rework cpufeature implementation to allow for various cpu feature
> indications, which is not only limited to hwcap bits. This is achieved
> by adding a sequential list of cpu feature numbers, where each of them
> is mapped to an entry which indicates what this number is about.
>
> Each entry contains a type member, which indicates what feature
> name space to look into (e.g. hwcap, or cpu facility). If wanted this
> allows also to automatically load modules only in e.g. z/VM
> configurations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>

Sorry for the confusion. I modified a rfc from Heiko he sent to me.
My amended modifications also changed the author to myself of that
patch automatically.

Steffen