linux-kernel - Re: [POWERNOW PATCH] x86: powernow-k8 move power management MSRs declaration to msr-index.h

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:45:39 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [POWERNOW PATCH] x86: powernow-k8 move power management MSRs
	declaration to msr-index.h

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 03:56:21PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
 > 
 > Keep all MSRs declaration in msr-index.h to easily access MSRs declaration.
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>

The objection I have to this, is that there's no other use for these MSRs
outside of a powernow driver. They aren't "power management MSRs"
they're "powernow MSRs".

IMO msr-index should be used for MSRs that may be used by multiple files,
reducing duplication.  Here we're just moving something around for
no obvious benefit.

	Dave

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