linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/platform] x86/platform: Introduce APIC post-initialization callback

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Message-ID: <20120615143259.GA2545@WorkStation.localnet>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:33:00 +0300
From:	Ido Yariv <ido@...ery.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shai@...lemp.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/platform] x86/platform: Introduce APIC
 post-initialization callback

Hi Peter,

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:34:03AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/06/2012 08:01 AM, tip-bot for Ido Yariv wrote:
> > Some subarchitectures (such as vSMP)
> 
> Ido, could you please stop using this formula unless you actually have
> evidence of anything other than vSMP having use for it?  It chronically
> comes across as dishonest.

It was not my intention to disguise vSMP specific features as generic
ones, and I'm sorry if it seemed that way. I assumed other
virtualization architectures might benefit from these features, but at
least initially vSMP is the sole user.

Having said that, I'll be more specific in the future.

Thanks,
Ido.
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