Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:05:56 +0100 | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.1-pre1 breaks XFree 4.0.2 and "w" |
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 11:42:32AM -0500, Richard A Nelson wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > > It doesn't make much sense to me to put the "can_I_use" global information in > > the per-cpu slots, that's obviously the wrong place for it. We simply need to > > add a new entry to /proc (say "/proc/osinfo") to provide the "can_I_use" > > informations instead (TSC included). Breaking /proc/cpuinfo isn't the way to > > go IMHO. > > Sorry, but you're not taking the long view here, "can_I_use" most > definetly should be per-cpu... > > Its fine either way on current x86 and many other platforms, but falls > on its face in the presence of asymetric MP.
Point taken, feel free to have a can_I_use per-cpu instead of global but don't overwrite the cpu_has with it.
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