linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] x86/mrst: add cpu type detection for Medfield

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Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 09:07:55 -0700
From:	jacob pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] x86/mrst: add cpu type detection for Medfield


>
>Why are you having mrst_cpu_chip as a caching variable if you expose
>the identify function ? Either you evaluate boot_cpu_data everytime or
>you do it once and expose a function which lets you access the cached
>data. IIRC Alan mentioned that drivers need this info, so the access
>function will need an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL to work.
>

I cached value because mrst_cpu_chip is used a few times in mrst.c, I should
fix that to have a unified interface. will also do the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.

thanks.
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