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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:49:57 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, AMD: Correct F15h IC aliasing issue
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On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:45:00AM -0400, Avi Kivity wrote:
> What about F21h processors?  I see you're not checking them.
> 
> Is there any reason the check should not be made based on topology?

Because this patch addresses a performance improvement for the F15h
microarchitecture - that doesn't have anything to do with cache
topology.

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