linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] cpufreq: Add support for x86 cpuinfo auto loading v3

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Message-ID: <20111222001441.GB10955@alboin.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:14:41 -0800
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kay.sievers@....org, kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] cpufreq: Add support for x86 cpuinfo auto loading
 v3

> So this should be:
> 
> 1. added to the scattered CPUID features list;
> 2. artificially set in the AMD-specific initialization code for the
> older CPUs.

Not sure (2) is correct. As far as I understand it's actually different
mechanisms, just implemented by the same driver.

Keeping the list for old CPUs is not a big issue anyways.

Agreed with (1)

Anyways someone with the hardware should do it. Thomas?

-Andi
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