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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 06:54:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround for Athlon/Opteron prefetch errata
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This patch is fragile and looks pointless.

What's wrong with the current status quo that just says "Athlon prefetch
is broken"?

		Linus