linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: pat cpu feature bit setting for known cpus

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Message-ID: <86802c440803251103taf4c8f2mb674c3d17f3c2345@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:03:37 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"kernel list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: pat cpu feature bit setting for known cpus

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:38 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>  > [PATCH] x86: pat cpu feature bit setting for known cpus
>  >
>  > Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
>
>  OK, note previous question: what is the motivation for having this as a
>  whitelist (as opposed to a blacklist)?

Venkatesh could tell?

YH
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