linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Additional x86 fixes for v3.8-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:02:09 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michael Brown <mbrown@...systems.co.uk>,
	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Additional x86 fixes for v3.8-rc1

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:22 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>       x86, 8042: Enable A20 using KBC to fix S3 resume on some MSI laptops

Christ really? What century are we in? There are still machines that
have A20 disabled at all, much less externally? How do they even do
that these days, afaik the CPU caches can't handle the fake aliasing
anyway..

Anyway, pulled, I just wanted to express my surprise..

          Linus
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