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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:19:51 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, 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

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.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/