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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:17:04 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> CC: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: fix confusing name of /proc/cpuinfo "ht" flag On 11/12/2009 09:59 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: >> >> No, please. We have had people who have "helpfully" tried to change >> /proc/cpuinfo in the past, and what we find is that application >> developers don't tell us -- they grumble among themselves and put out >> a new release saying "fixes breakage introduced by Linux ..." >> >> It's an ABI. Keep it stable, please. > > That's generally true, but i'm not suggesting that: i'm suggesting to > _clear_ the HT flag from the cpufeatures if there's only one sibling. > It's meaningless in that case and as the link quoted by the original > patch shows many people are confused by that. > > I have such a box so i can test it. (but i dont expect any problems) > Ah, okay, that makes more sense. Someone else in the tread wanted to rename the flag. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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