From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Mario Gzuk <mariogzuk@technikz.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:11:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c1be9100-0fa6-40cf-91ea-82b206fd3e79@email.android.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121128205203.05868eab@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Yes, the Nx586 was supported as a 386. Again, doubt anyone cares at this point.
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:50:28 -0800
>"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
>>
>> All 486+ CPUs support WP in supervisor mode, so remove the fallback
>> 386 support code.
>
>This breaks the Nx586 support. Do we care: I doubt it 8)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-28 23:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-28 19:50 [PATCH 0/8] RFC: Remove 386 support H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 1/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_M386 from Kconfig H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01 0:34 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 2/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_CMPXCHG H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01 0:35 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 3/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_XADD H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 20:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-12-01 0:36 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 4/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_BSWAP H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01 0:37 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 5/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_INVLPG H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01 0:38 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 6/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 20:52 ` Alan Cox
2012-11-28 23:11 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-12-01 0:42 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] x86, 386 removal: Document Nx586 as a 386 and thus unsupported tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01 0:39 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 7/8] x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01 0:40 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 19:50 ` [PATCH 8/8] x86, cleanups: Simplify sync_core() in the case of no CPUID H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-28 20:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29 0:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 9:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29 21:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 21:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29 21:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 21:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-29 21:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-29 21:34 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-30 17:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-11-30 17:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-30 18:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-30 18:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-11-30 18:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-01 0:41 ` [tip:x86/nuke386] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
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