linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6

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Date:	Thu, 08 May 2008 00:23:37 +0200
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, hpa@...or.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6

On 08-05-08 00:04, Rene Herman wrote:

> On 07-05-08 23:41, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
>>>> Clearing it in the cpuinfo is just a cosmetic side effect which does
>>>> no harm at all.
>>> Oh yes, it does. It makes people unaware that their CPUs _should_ be
>>> supporting PAT. The thing's not called /proc/kernelinfo for a reason.
>>
>> it's named /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> Exactly.

(yes, missed a "not" in the above).

Rene.
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