From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.1-pre1 breaks XFree 4.0.2 and "w"
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:57:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010112195715.A30496@athlon.random> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101120931520.1806-100000@penguin.transmeta.com> <E14H8PC-0004hZ-00@the-village.bc.nu> <93nipc$1vp$1@penguin.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <93nipc$1vp$1@penguin.transmeta.com>; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:35:24AM -0800
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:35:24AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Andreas argument was that earlier kernels weren't consistent, and as
> such we shouldn't even bother to try to make newer kernels consistent.
> We would be better off reporting our internal inconsistencies the way
> earlier kernels did - the kernel would be confusing, but at least it
> would be consistently confusing ;)
The earlier kernels were 98% consistent in providing the "cpu_has" information
via /proc/cpuinfo that is true information too.
What I am suggesting is to fix the few places to make the /proc/cpuinfo 100%
consistent reporting "cpu_has", and to provide the "can_I_use" information in
another place (for example with /proc/osinfo or a new "osflags" row in
/proc/cpuinfo).
This way we are 100% consistent and we don't lose the "cpu_has" information.
Andrea
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Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-10 13:31 2.4.1-pre1 breaks XFree 4.0.2 and "w" Udo A. Steinberg
2001-01-10 17:15 ` Ingo Oeser
2001-01-10 17:07 ` Udo A. Steinberg
2001-01-10 20:00 ` Jonathan Hudson
2001-01-11 8:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-11 12:54 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <200101110841.AAA01652@penguin.transmeta.com>
2001-01-11 10:05 ` Udo A. Steinberg
2001-01-11 10:11 ` Andi Kleen
2001-01-11 10:31 ` Udo A. Steinberg
2001-01-11 17:36 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-11 17:46 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-11 17:48 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-11 18:53 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-12 2:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-12 3:45 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-12 4:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-12 16:02 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-12 16:42 ` Richard A Nelson
2001-01-12 17:05 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-12 17:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-12 17:54 ` Alan Cox
2001-01-12 18:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-12 18:57 ` Andrea Arcangeli [this message]
2001-01-12 19:19 ` Laramie Leavitt
2001-01-12 20:39 ` Mark Hahn
2001-01-12 18:24 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-01-15 20:33 ` [PATCH] i386/setup.c cpuinfo notsc Hugh Dickins
2001-01-15 20:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-15 21:38 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-01-15 21:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-15 21:51 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-01-16 3:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-15 21:34 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-01-18 16:39 ` [PATCH] udf writepage UnlockPage Hugh Dickins
2001-01-28 14:43 ` Hugh Dickins
2001-01-12 4:28 ` 2.4.1-pre1 breaks XFree 4.0.2 and "w" TimO
2001-01-12 6:06 ` Udo A. Steinberg
2001-01-12 9:47 ` Harold Oga
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-11 4:58 Floating point broken between 2.4.0-ac4 and -ac5? junio
2001-01-11 12:42 ` Alan Cox
2001-01-11 17:16 ` junio
2001-01-12 3:27 ` Aaron Lehmann
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