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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:05:06 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: "Tan, Wei Chong" <wei.chong.tan@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Additional x86 fixes for 2.6.31-rc5
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* Tan, Wei Chong <wei.chong.tan@intel.com> wrote:

> > Thanks. I've zapped the original patch from x86/urgent. Linus's 
> > patch certainly looks feasible for .31 if it solves the problem 
> > and if we can merge it in the next few days.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Linus's patch looks good to go.  I've tested it with 2 separate 
> versions of BIOS, each 1000 cycles, without any wrong CPU 
> frequency being reported.  In contrast, the same CPU/platform 
> without the patch will almost consistently report a wrong CPU 
> frequency once every 20 cycles and once every 50 cycles 
> respectively, for the 2 above mentioned BIOS.

Ok, i've created a changelog out of your and Linus's mail and have 
committed the fix to x86/urgent - the -tip commit notification bot 
will send it in a few minutes.

Linus, can i have your SOB line please?

	Ingo