linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/18] x86 idle: clarify AMD erratum 400 workaround -v2

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Message-ID: <20110403090043.GA4315@aftab>
Date:	Sun, 3 Apr 2011 11:00:43 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
CC:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"Rosenfeld, Hans" <Hans.Rosenfeld@....com>,
	"Herrmann3, Andreas" <Andreas.Herrmann3@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/18] x86 idle: clarify AMD erratum 400 workaround -v2

On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 03:22:39PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> From: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> 
> The workaround for AMD erratum 400 uses the term "c1e" falsely suggesting:
> 1. Intel C1E is somehow involved
> 2. All AMD processors with C1E are involved
> 
> Use the string "amd_c1e" instead of simply "c1e" to clarify that
> this workaround is specific to AMD's version of C1E.
> Use the string "e400" to clarify that the workaround is specific
> to AMD processors with Erratum 400.
> 
> This patch is text-substitution only, with no functional change.
> 
> cc: x86@...nel.org
> cc: Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@....com>
> cc: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>

Looks good, thanks.

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>

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