From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760197AbYDTUEo (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:04:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756324AbYDTUEg (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:04:36 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:33892 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756188AbYDTUEg (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:04:36 -0400 Message-ID: <480BA19C.8090608@firstfloor.org> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:03:40 +0200 From: Andi Kleen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "H. Peter Anvin" CC: Dmitri Vorobiev , 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> <480B9ADD.9060105@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: <480B9ADD.9060105@zytor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org H. Peter Anvin wrote: > 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. It was shipped as AMD K6, but I have no idea if this file is supposed to handle real k6s or just early nexgen engineering samples. But since it has been basically broken forever (or at least for all of 2.6) it is probably safe to remove until someone complains. -Andi