linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix: do not run code in amd

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Message-ID: <20080822191304.GC14103@erda.amd.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:13:05 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix: do not run code in amd_bus.c on non-AMD CPUs

On 22.08.08 11:57:39, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com> wrote:
> > On 22.08.08 11:47:45, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> 1. early_fill_mp_bus_info has checking with vendor/deviceid in itself.
> >
> > Right, but scanning the pci bus could be skipped for non-AMD cpus. If
> > you don't like this check for your function I will resubmit a new
> > patch.
> 
> just fine, if you check vendor before that, we should remove check
> vendor again in later function.

Right. There are no more checks in, only the PCI vendor check that can
not be removed.

-Robert

> 
> YH
> 

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email: robert.richter@....com

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