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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Remove cmpxchg from i386 NMI nesting code
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:04:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FD23EAD.5070605@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339177929.13377.66.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>

On 06/08/2012 10:52 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> "Idiot! Why the f*ck are you running i386 on your nice shiny new x86_64
> machine, with Umpteen Gigs of RAM. Boot a x86_64 kernel for Christ sake
> and get your full potential. Your i386 userspace will still work just
> fine on it. You're like one of those 75 year old retirees that can
> finally buy a Porsche just to drive it 10 miles per hour below the speed
> limit with a line of cars behind them!"
> 

LOL!

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-08 18:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-08 13:52 [PATCH 0/3] [GIT PULL][3.6] x86: cr2 and cmpxchg issues of NMI Steven Rostedt
2012-06-08 13:52 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86: Save cr2 in NMI in case NMIs take a page fault Steven Rostedt
2012-06-08 13:52 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86: Remove cmpxchg from i386 NMI nesting code Steven Rostedt
2012-06-08 16:10   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-08 16:41     ` Steven Rostedt
2012-06-08 17:28       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-08 17:36         ` Steven Rostedt
2012-06-08 17:39           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-08 17:52             ` Steven Rostedt
2012-06-08 18:04               ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-06-08 18:09               ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-11  0:25               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2012-06-11  2:23                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-11  3:14                   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2012-06-11  3:17                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-08 13:52 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86: Save cr2 in NMI in case NMIs take a page fault (for i386) Steven Rostedt

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