linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] i386: Geode's TSC is not neccessary to mark tu unstable

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:21:18 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Juergen Beisert <juergen127@...uzholzen.de>,
	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>,
	TAKADA Yoshihito <takada@....nifty.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@....com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] i386: Geode's TSC is not neccessary to mark tu
 unstable

On 19 Jul 2007 15:56:51 +0200
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:

> Juergen Beisert <juergen127@...uzholzen.de> writes:
> 
> > Hi Andi,
> > 
> > On Thursday 19 July 2007 11:25, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > On Thursday 19 July 2007 10:52:48 Juergen Beisert wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 19 July 2007 10:22, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > > > > Wow, that's a really cool bug; nice work!  Don't forget to update
> > > > > > arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c, though; it uses setCx86() as well.
> > > > > >  It needs to include processor-cyrix.h.
> > > > >
> > > > > It also needs some big fat comments
> > > >
> > > > No problem. Where to add?
> > >
> > > Where the inlines are defined.
> > >
> > > Also can you please resubmit full patches with full description
> > > and Signed off lines, not incrementals? Thanks.
> > 
> > Find attached. Hope its ok now.
> 
> For future reference:
> - Please send the patches inline if possible

+1!

> - Generate them from top level (so path start with linux...) 

+2!

> 
> I fixed it all up

I have a sad little patch from Nick here which adds a new
include/asm-x86_64/processor-cyrix.h.  I guess this patch broke the x86_64
build.

 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c |    2 +-
 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c              |    2 +-
 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c         |    1 +
 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c         |    1 +
 include/asm-i386/processor-cyrix.h        |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-i386/processor.h              |   11 -----------
 include/asm-x86_64/processor.h            |   11 -----------

Some of those .c files will be used by x86_64 too.
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