linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] x86: add sysfs interface for cpuid module

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:31:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	dean gaudet <dean@...tic.org>
To:	Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@...el.com>
cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] x86: add sysfs interface for cpuid module

why do we need another kernel cpuid reading method when sched_setaffinity 
exists and cpuid is available in ring3?

-dean
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