From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86, 32-bit: Drop new_cpu_data
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:55:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <510FE7F5.3080802@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130204090237.GB13909@pd.tnic>
On 02/04/2013 01:02 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 09:44:02PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> boot_cpu_data is ok for things that are indeed universally valid
>> across. That does not include CPUID level, for one.
>
> Wait a minute, hold the phone! :-)
>
> Are you saying that CPUID_EAX(0) could return different values in %eax
> on the *same* system with mixed-silicon steppings? Or even on an uniform
> system?
>
Yes and yes (in the latter case due to inconsistent MSR programming.)
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-04 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-03 16:14 [PATCH 0/4] x86, head_32: Some cleanups Borislav Petkov
2013-02-03 16:14 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86, head_32: Remove i386 pieces Borislav Petkov
2013-02-03 16:14 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: Detect CPUID support early at boot Borislav Petkov
2013-02-03 16:14 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86, head_32: Remove CPUID detection from default_entry Borislav Petkov
2013-02-03 16:14 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86, 32-bit: Drop new_cpu_data Borislav Petkov
2013-02-03 23:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-04 5:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-02-04 5:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-04 9:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-02-04 16:55 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-02-04 17:01 ` Borislav Petkov
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