From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754275Ab3BDJCt (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2013 04:02:49 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:44417 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754207Ab3BDJCq (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2013 04:02:46 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:02:37 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: X86 ML , LKML , Borislav Petkov , Rusty Russell , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86, 32-bit: Drop new_cpu_data Message-ID: <20130204090237.GB13909@pd.tnic> Mail-Followup-To: Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , X86 ML , LKML , Borislav Petkov , Rusty Russell , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk References: <1359908079-10469-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <1359908079-10469-5-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <510EF65D.4020602@zytor.com> <20130204052725.GA13909@pd.tnic> <562c8dd4-6665-4365-8eb4-33e77e6f6798@email.android.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <562c8dd4-6665-4365-8eb4-33e77e6f6798@email.android.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 09:44:02PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > boot_cpu_data is ok for things that are indeed universally valid > across. That does not include CPUID level, for one. Wait a minute, hold the phone! :-) Are you saying that CPUID_EAX(0) could return different values in %eax on the *same* system with mixed-silicon steppings? Or even on an uniform system? -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --