linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] generic CPU feature based udev module autoprobing

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Message-ID: <CAKv+Gu_cVcT_796qnxEi2uSmXBpiptgjL2tc3t4TVHryEu9tvw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:40:04 +0100
From:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] generic CPU feature based udev module autoprobing

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On 8 February 2014 13:34, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:
> This series implements a generic way to wire up udev module autoprobing to
> optional CPU features.
>
> Patch #1 implements the actual generic part. It relies on the include file
> <asm/cpufeature.h> to be supplied by the architecture to map CPU features to
> the number based scheme used by modalias.
>
> Patch #2 aligns x86 with the generic code. As x86 allows matching on CPU vendor,
> family and model IDs, it still retains much of the original code for creating
> the module metadata.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - squashed into 2 patches, all the generic bits are now added in patch #1 and
>   all alignment of the x86 code with the newly introduced generic code is done
>   in patch #2
> - add more elaborate commit message for patch #1
> - added hpa's ack on patch #2
>
> Ard Biesheuvel (2):
>   cpu: add generic support for CPU feature based module autoloading
>   x86: align x86 arch with generic CPU modalias handling
>
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                  |  4 +--
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  7 +++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/match.c       | 42 ---------------------------
>  drivers/base/Kconfig              |  3 ++
>  drivers/base/cpu.c                | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/cpu.h               |  7 -----
>  include/linux/cpufeature.h        | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/mod_devicetable.h   |  9 ++++++
>  scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c |  3 ++
>  scripts/mod/file2alias.c          | 20 +++++++++----
>  10 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/cpufeature.h
>
> --
> 1.8.3.2
>
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