linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: remove unused code and data in nexgen.c

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Date:	Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:26:27 -0400
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: remove unused code and data in nexgen.c

Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

The file only triggers on the "NexGenDriven" CPU signature.  Let's kill it.

	-hpa
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