linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6

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Message-ID: <20080507205942.GB18516@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Wed, 7 May 2008 22:59:43 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, hpa@...or.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6

Hi!

> > And this patch (by the author of the code himself) is the first time 
> > where it breaks.
> 
> Very interesting analysis. What broke ? This CPU was never in the set
> of supported ones at all.
> 
> Anyway, you are welcome to review x86 code - it can definitely use
> more eyeballs, but please try to inform yourself about the topic or
> ask polite questions before yelling at people who contribute in a
> very valuable way.

Can we get rid of that copy&paste programming? They should have been
fixed _before_ merging the patch, but better late than never...
									Pavel
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