Re: [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply.

[Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>]

Hi.



>>Which means that the "statistical sampling" is very skewed by
>>self-selection, and anybody who knows anything about statistics knows
>>that sample selection is _very_ important.
>>
> the only way it'll get a good sampling is to put it in the kernel 
> I suggest not adding this to the "athlon" cpu selection code.  Rather make it 
> a sub-option like many other drivers have.  That way people can select 
> whether they need it or not until we are sure it's totally safe for everyone 
> to use it by Via saying so or something.   Just a suggestion, other drivers 
> do the same thing, so why not the cpu selection screen for workarounds. 

Why not simply add it to the next -pre cycle (if 2.4.10 is nearby), ie 
2.4.11-pre1 has it, it goes through a few revisions of -pre and if it's 
stable enough for mainstream, have it standard for 2.4.11, otherwise 
just drop it, fix it, squash it, or do whatever with it :)

And if 2.4.10 isn't that close, add it to -pre13 and do the same, having 
it permanently in 2.4.10 (or not if it's nuclear).

// Stefan