linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for /proc/cpuinfo feature flags

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Date:   Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:50:24 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Kyung Min Park <kyung.min.park@...el.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        tony.luck@...el.com, dave.hansen@...el.com, ricardo.neri@...el.com,
        hpa@...or.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for
 /proc/cpuinfo feature flags

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 03:30:32PM -0700, Kyung Min Park wrote:
> Should I mention the tool specifically although the tool is WIP?

Well, if you wanna look at it that way, the whole kernel is constantly
and forever WIP. :-)

Also, if there's some functionality missing, pointing to it might make
people send patches.

> As you commented previously, should I use
> tools/arch/x86/tools/cpuid/cpuid as the future tool and its location?

Yeah, let's just drop the second "tools", i.e.,

tools/arch/x86/kcpuid/

or so should be good enough.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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