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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 3/3] x86/cpufeature: Remove unused and seldomly used cpu_has_xx macros
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:13:55PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Given an appropriate long description for that config option, that seems
> worthwhile. Something like this:
>
> Some fast-paths in the kernel depend on the capabilities of the CPU.
> Say Y here for the kernel to patch in the appropriate code at runtime
> based on the capabilities of the CPU. The infrastructure for patching
> code at runtime takes up some additional space; space-constrained
> embedded systems may wish to say N here to produce smaller, slightly
> slower code.

Thanks for the text, looks good and I'll use it. :)

And yes, considering the size of the patch, it is really worthwhile to
save ~1.6K kernel text that easily.

I'll do a proper patch and run it through the build tests.

Thanks.

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Boris.

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