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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:32:44 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/3] x86: Adding structs to reflect cpuid fields
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:59:32AM +0300, Nadav Amit wrote:
> As for the concern that CPUID fields would be extended into non-zero
> reserved bits - can someone point me to a single case that occurred in
> the last 20 years during which CPUID existed?

Do you have a guarantee that this won't happen in the future and break
all your fancy bitfields assumptions?

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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