linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 72/98] x86/CPU/AMD: Clear RDRAND CPUID bit on AMD family 15h/16h

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Message-ID: <20190828120024.GF4920@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:00:24 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 72/98] x86/CPU/AMD: Clear RDRAND CPUID bit on AMD
 family 15h/16h

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 01:49:47PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> AMD screwed this up,

Except that it wasn't AMD who screwed up but BIOS on *some* laptops.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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