linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, msr: add rd/wrmsr interfaces with preset registers

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Date:	Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:27:09 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, petkovbb@...glemail.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kjwinchester@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, msr: add rd/wrmsr interfaces with preset
 registers

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 08:39:04AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > I want my five minutes back.
> 
> I too want my five minutes back that i spent researching commit logs 
> and writing this email ;-)
> 
> Btw., we could save much more if we avoided this whole 'break the 
> kernel then fix it' infinite loop that kernel development is 
> ultimately about ;-)

Well,

how about I buy you all coffee instead :-). The :req thing was my
overzealous attempt to write asm macros - I promise I won't do it
anymore :-).

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