linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: align x86 arch with generic CPU modalias handling

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:16:24 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, arnd@...db.de,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: align x86 arch with generic CPU modalias handling

On 01/29/2014 08:50 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The x86 CPU feature modalias handling existed before it was reimplemented
> generically. This patch aligns the x86 handling so that it
> (a) reuses some more code that is now generic;
> (b) uses the generic format for the modalias module metadata entry, i.e., it
>     now uses 'cpu:type:x86,venVVVVfamFFFFmodMMMM:feature:,XXXX,YYYY' instead of
>     the 'x86cpu:vendor:VVVV:family:FFFF:model:MMMM:feature,XXXX,YYYY' that was
>     used before.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>

Looks good, although I have not tested it.

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>

	-hpa


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