From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 02:58:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 02:58:42 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:4880 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 02:58:33 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:58:28 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Mikael Pettersson , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marcelo@conectiva.com.br, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] boot_cpu_data corruption on SMP x86 Message-ID: <20020322085828.P22861@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Mikael Pettersson , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marcelo@conectiva.com.br, torvalds@transmeta.com In-Reply-To: <200203212117.WAA22504@harpo.it.uu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 12:36:02AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > If say the BSP supports cpuid but an AP does not (possible for an > i486 setup) It's also possible on any SMP aware system, but with the warning "you use asymetric CPUs, you get to keep the pieces". I don't recall 486's being any exception to this rule. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs