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Message-ID: <20120608141714.GE31359@aftab.osrc.amd.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:17:14 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<andi@...stfloor.org>, <mingo@...e.hu>, <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on
 SandyBridge

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 04:03:38PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 15:51 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >> Provided, of course, newer microcode versions means a
> >> higher version number.
> >
> > Fair enough, I assumed this.. is this true?
> >
> I would think so, otherwise it gets even messier!

Need to get Intel folk to say something here, hpa?

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