linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce a new Linux defined feature flag for PAT support

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0805081528430.3318@apollo.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:	Thu, 8 May 2008 15:33:33 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce a new Linux defined feature flag for PAT
 support

On Thu, 8 May 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> This still has the inconsistent handling of future CPUs between AMD
> and Intel.
> 
> IMHO we should also assume for future AMD CPUs that PAT will work until 
> proven otherwise.

Right, I did not change the logic of that. This code is an interim
protection anyway, so we should be able to remove it _before_ new AMDs
hit the wild.

Thanks,

	tglx
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