linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: sort cpuinfo flags

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Message-ID: <20181221132642.GE1325@zn.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:26:42 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Jia Zhang <qianyue.zj@...baba-inc.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: sort cpuinfo flags

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 04:19:25PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Dave's patch made me recall few cases were I wanted to check a presence
> of a CPU flag with very limited userspace: shell in initrd with lean
> busybox build (no grep around). Eyeballing the flag took frustratingly
> long.

Easy:

less (or more) /proc/cpuinfo

and search there with the '/' command.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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