linux-kernel - Re: x86: tsc: Remove unneeded DMI-based blacklisting

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Message-ID: <1306910495.3359.52.camel@work-vm>
Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 23:41:35 -0700
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Tero Roponen <tero.roponen@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: x86: tsc: Remove unneeded DMI-based blacklisting

On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 10:24 +0300, Tero Roponen wrote:
> The blacklist was added in response to my bug report
> (http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/19/362) and has never
> contained more than the one entry describing my old
> now dead ThinkPad 380XD laptop. As found out later
> (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/29/50), this special
> treatment has been unnecessary for a long time, so
> it can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tero Roponen <tero.roponen@...il.com>

Wow. Those are old mails! Thanks for following up here to clarify that
these bits aren't needed. 

I'll apply and queue this for 3.1.

thanks
-john


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