linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove long dead cyrix mtrr code

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Message-ID: <20080201105058.GC27178@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:50:58 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove long dead cyrix mtrr code


* Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:

> cyrix_arr_init was #if 0 all the way back to at least v2.6.12.
> 
> This was the only place where arr3_protected was set to anything but 
> zero.  Eliminate this variable.

thanks, tentatively applied. I've Cc:-ed Alan: do you agree with the 
removal of this dead legacy code? Cyrix CPUs, while being very old, are 
occasionally tested, and i'm not aware of any well-known breakage in 
this area.

	Ingo
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