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Message-ID: <48A9B228.3040504@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:32:24 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	David Fries <david@...es.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix i486 suspend to disk CR4 oops

Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> Is this part really necessary ?
> 
> Why would a 486 be in EFI code?
> 

Necessary, almost certainly not, but (a) it doesn't hurt anything, (b) 
it's good to be consistent and (c) it might still be useful to virtualizers.

EFI is an abomination no matter how you look at it, of course.

	-hpa
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