linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] Add driver auto probing for x86 features

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Message-ID: <4EE01991.4030208@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:57:37 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kay.sievers@...y.org, trenn@...e.de,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, davej@...hat.com,
	axboe@...nel.dk, herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au,
	ying.huang@...el.com, lenb@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] Add driver auto probing for x86 features

On 12/07/2011 04:41 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>  
> +/* LOOKS like x86cpu:vendor:VVVV:family:FFFF:model:MMMM:feature:*,FEAT,*
> + * All fields are numbers. It would be nicer to use strings for vendor
> + * and feature, but getting those out of the build system here is too
> + * complicated.
> + */

Hmm... how hard can that be, really?  Let me look at it a bit...

	-hpa

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