linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/10] cpufreq: Add support for x86 cpuinfo auto loading

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Date:	Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:12:22 -0800
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, trenn@...e.de,
	kay.sievers@....org, kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] cpufreq: Add support for x86 cpuinfo auto loading

> Looking closer at this one, I think we could possibly just autoload based on the PCI IDs
> in gx_chipset_tbl, and remove the cpu vendor checking entirely.
> Pretty sure those Cyrix PCI devices won't show up anywhere else.

Ok. Will do that.
 
> Otherwise, we could narrow the range this gets loaded on to Cyrix Fam 4 model 5, and
> NatSemi Fam 5, model 4.  (afaik, that covers all the possible cpus this driver works on)


-Andi

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