linux-kernel - Re: patch "x86: MOVE PCI IO ECS code to x86/pci" breaks CPU hotplug

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Message-ID: <20080821132952.GD13011@erda.amd.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:29:53 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: patch "x86: MOVE PCI IO ECS code to x86/pci" breaks CPU hotplug

On 21.08.08 13:59:33, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Even worse - this would even try to access the MSR on non-AMD CPUs
> (currently probably prevented just by the fact that only AMD ones use
> family values of 0x10 or higher).

Ups, really worse. Code was AMD specific before and became
generic. Will fix this.

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center
email: robert.richter@....com

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