From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] add Via Nehemiah ("xstore") rng support
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:56:11 -0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030312175611.GB12251@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303120714030.13807-100000@home.transmeta.com>
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:16:37AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > +#define cpu_has_xstore boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSTORE)
> > Do we want to do this check only on VIA CPUs I wonder.
> > As a vendor specific extension, I'd be inclined to do that.
>
> No, the whole point of all the crud in arch/i386/kernel/cpu is to make
> those tests _once_ at bootup, and then the internal kernel "extended CPU
> feature set" has a unique feature-set that is independent of manufacturers
> and totally disjunct, so that we never need to care about manufacturers
> ever again.
Of course. Obviously a pre-caffeine email.
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-12 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-12 3:27 [patch 3/3] add Via Nehemiah ("xstore") rng support Jeff Garzik
2003-03-12 3:31 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-03-12 12:55 ` Dave Jones
2003-03-12 15:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-03-12 16:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-12 17:56 ` Dave Jones [this message]
[not found] <200303120427.UAA00323@cesium.transmeta.com>
2003-03-12 5:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-03-12 5:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
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