linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr

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Message-ID: <20160615175234.GF30309@pd.tnic>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 19:52:34 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 01:42:41PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> Yes.  Enterprise customers use old kernels.  They need
> at least a snapshot of the utility that works w/o the API update.

Enterprise customers get the proper tool versions too. At least we -
SUSE - make sure that is the case.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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