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Date:	Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:00:21 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...citrix.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"eric.dumazet@...il.com" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl" <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	"konrad.wilk@...cle.com" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
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	"pazke@...pac.ru" <pazke@...pac.ru>,
	"linux-visws-devel@...ts.sf.net" <linux-visws-devel@...ts.sf.net>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: drop anti-dependency on X86_VISWS

On 04/06/2011 11:58 PM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure why ELAN belongs in the EXTENDED_PLATFORM option space
> rather than in the CPU choice option, since its only impact seems to be
> on -march, MODULE_PROC_FAMILY and some cpufreq drivers which doesn't
> sound like an extended platform to me but does it appear to be
> deliberate (see 9e111f3e167a "x86: move ELAN to the
> NON_STANDARD_PLATFORM section", that was the old name for
> EXTENDED_PLATFORM).
> 

Historic... we used to have nonstandard A20M# handling on Elan, until it
was discovered that we could make it work without it.

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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