linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Display Intel Dynamic Acceleration feature in /proc/cpuinfo

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Message-ID: <20070524213742.GB5380@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 May 2007 17:37:42 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Display Intel Dynamic Acceleration feature in /proc/cpuinfo

On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 02:28:06PM -0700, Venki Pallipadi wrote:

 > > But actually reading the patch: it seems weird to detect the flag 
 > > in acpi-cpufreq and essentially change /proc/cpuinfo when a
 > > module is loaded. Why not in the intel setup function? And why is it 
 > > not in the standard CPUID 1 features mask anyways?
 > 
 > I can do it in intel setup function. But, the feature may not be activated
 > unless the driver is loaded.

The same could be said about est, vmx, and probably some others ;-)

	Dave

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