Re: [PATCH] x86, CPU, AMD: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793

Borislav Petkov
2014-01-17T22:50:25Z

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:28:06PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Would it make sense to printk() a warning?

No because people come and start bitching about their dmesg containing
a warning and whether their hardware is b0rked without even reading the
actual words.

> BIOS is clearly buggy in this case, and it may cause problems with
> another operating system, earlier kernel, or maybe early in boot
> before MSR is written...

Well, if the problem happens, the machine will lock. If it doesn't lock
=> no problem and we apply the workaround => no problem at all. :-)

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Boris.

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