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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:52:49 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> To: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, amd: Re-enable CPU topology extensions in case BIOS has disabled it * Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com> wrote: > > For detection of thread siblings we are relying on the topology > extension CPUID leafs. Thus we have to re-enable it in case BIOS tries > to hide the correpsonding CPUID feature flag. > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com> This changelog is missing some key information: - how did you find the bug - did you see some actual badness? - what practical effect (if any) did you see from this patch? - what practical effect (if any) do you expect others to see from this patch? This kind of information helps us prioritize bugfixes and helps us determine whether a fix requires a -stable backport. Thanks, Ingo -- 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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