linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] x86/cpufeatures: Automatically generate required and disabled feature masks

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Message-ID: <20250225174915.GBZ74Cm2Xpc_WwS3oe@fat_crate.local>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:49:15 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Xin Li <xin@...or.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
	x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, will@...nel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, yury.norov@...il.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, acme@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
	brgerst@...il.com, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, nik.borisov@...e.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] x86/cpufeatures: Automatically generate required
 and disabled feature masks

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 09:10:01AM -0800, Xin Li wrote:
> After looking into the build issue, we think it's better to change to perl;
> GNU awk has quite a few extended features that standard awk doesn't support,
> e.g., BEGINFILE/FPAT/...

... which will make the kernel build depend on yet another tool. I know,
I know, perl is everywhere but someone would crawl out of the woodwork
complaining that building the kernel pulls in even more stuff.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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