linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, amd: rename vmmu support capability

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:38:26 +0200
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, amd: rename vmmu support capability

Yep, NAK on this one.

Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 08:02:55PM +0200, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>
>> 
>> AMD has renamed nested page table technology to rapid virtualization
>indexing,
>> reflect this change in the kernel.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>
>
>You know that /proc/cpuinfo is a userspace ABI, right?
>
>And are you sure nothing is using that string -
>"npt" - since it got added almost three years ago by
>414bb144efa2d2fe16d104d836d0d6b6e9265788?
>
>-- 
>Regards/Gruss,
>    Boris.

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