linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/15] x86: Remove support for TSC-less and CX8-less CPUs

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2505121225000.46553@angie.orcam.me.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 13:55:35 +0100 (BST)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Ahmed S . Darwish" <darwi@...utronix.de>, 
    Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>, 
    Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, 
    Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, 
    John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>, 
    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 
    Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
    Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
    John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/15] x86: Remove support for TSC-less and CX8-less
 CPUs

On Thu, 8 May 2025, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> > NB people also fancy old cars, or boats, or trains even, not because 
> >they're faster, more comfortable, or have any real advantage over modern 
> >alternatives.
> 
> 
> This fits very well, IMO, with Linus' suggestion to support this stuff 
> out of tree. I think this solution is the optimal one for all parties 
> involved...

 Would kernel.org git infrastructure be available for such a project?

  Maciej