linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] VMware detection support for x86 and x86-64

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Message-ID: <20081003141224.GA1466@ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:12:37 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
	Alok kataria <alokkataria1@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Yan Li <elliot.li.tech@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"joerg.roedel@....com" <joerg.roedel@....com>,
	"rjmaomao@...il.com" <rjmaomao@...il.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Daniel Hecht <dhecht@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] VMware detection support for x86 and x86-64

On Fri 2008-09-26 10:37:37, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
>> Which would be hardware implementers in the '80s getting wrong the first few
>> times what IBM did right the first time.  Doesn't *anybody* do literature
>> searches before doing stuff anymore? ;)
>
> Well, yes.  There are some prety strong reasons to believe that Intel  
> got that one wrong *deliberately*, until VMware finally forced their 
> hand.

Any details? Did intel try to force people to ia64?

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