linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/17] init, treewide, x86: Cleanup check_bugs() and start sanitizing the x86 boot process

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Message-ID: <8qpp1r32-pr73-8477-nso-327o845o1149@vanv.qr>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:38:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [patch 00/17] init, treewide, x86: Cleanup check_bugs() and
 start sanitizing the x86 boot process

On Wednesday 2023-06-14 01:39, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

>Hi!
>
>My team and myself are working on sanitizing the x86 boot process,
>especially the complete horror show of CPUID evaluation, which is
>constructed with hay-wire circuits, duct tape and superglue.

What's with Intel and its glue analogies? Not to mention it stuck very 
well, if I may say so myself (not to mention the glue in the co 
struction of the 12th Intel series).