From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758263AbYDTTij (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755704AbYDTTi3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:29 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:42641 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755659AbYDTTi3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:29 -0400 Message-ID: <480B9ADD.9060105@zytor.com> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:34:53 -0400 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dmitri Vorobiev CC: Andi Kleen , mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: remove unused code and data in nexgen.c References: <1208660074-7324-1-git-send-email-dmitri.vorobiev@gmail.com> <1208660074-7324-3-git-send-email-dmitri.vorobiev@gmail.com> <480AC505.1030301@zytor.com> <877ies9x6b.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <480B9856.3040902@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <480B9856.3040902@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dmitri Vorobiev wrote: >> >> Also NexGen was never shipped anyways, but bought by AMD and became >> the K6. So I assume whatever this file is supposed to do is done >> by amd.c anyways. > > IOW, you claim that now it's safe enough to throw away the NexGen > altogether? > If it never shipped, then yes, it should be safe to remove. We don't support other vendors that never went to product, e.g. RISE or Montalvo. -hpa