linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: remove unused code and data in nexgen.c

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Date:	Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:45:43 +0400
From:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: remove unused code and data in nexgen.c

H. Peter Anvin пишет:
> Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
>>>
>>> Also NexGen was never shipped anyways, but bought by AMD and became
>>> the K6. So I assume whatever this file is supposed to do is done
>>> by amd.c anyways.
>>
>> IOW, you claim that now it's safe enough to throw away the NexGen
>> altogether?
>>
> 
> If it never shipped, then yes, it should be safe to remove.  We don't
> support other vendors that never went to product, e.g. RISE or Montalvo.

OK, then please drop this patch from the series (the other changes are OK,
I presume), and I'll try to take care of NexGen removal with a separate patch.

Thanks,
Dmitri

> 
>     -hpa
> 

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