linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: remove wrong setting about CONSTANT

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Message-ID: <20080226071459.GA24820@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:14:59 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: remove wrong setting about CONSTANT_TSC for
	intel cpu


* Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM> wrote:

> early_init_intel is introduced by
> 
> commit 2b16a2353814a513cdb5c5c739b76a19d7ea39ce
> Author: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
> Date:   Wed Jan 30 13:32:40 2008 +0100
> 
>     x86: move X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC into early cpu feature detection
> 
> set CONSTANT_TSC for intel cpus
> 
> but it already set in init_intel
> 
> don't need to set that two times in early_init_intel() and init_intel. this patch remove one.
> 
> also fix error in early_init_intel and reference about x86_capality, because it
> is array already.., prevent possible data corruption...
> 
> this should be applied for 2.6.25

thanks Yinghai, applied.

	Ingo
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