linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix i486 suspend to disk CR4 oops

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Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:02:35 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	David Fries <david@...es.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix i486 suspend to disk CR4 oops

On Mon 2008-08-18 10:32:24, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>>
>> Is this part really necessary ?
>>
>> Why would a 486 be in EFI code?
>>
>
> Necessary, almost certainly not, but (a) it doesn't hurt anything, (b) it's 
> good to be consistent and (c) it might still be useful to virtualizers.

...it may be useful for something obscure... like system-on-chip...
									Pavel
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