Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2001 20:22:10 +0200 | From | Stefan Smietanowski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply. |
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Hi.
>>Which means that the "statistical sampling" is very skewed by >>self-selection, and anybody who knows anything about statistics knows >>that sample selection is _very_ important. >> > the only way it'll get a good sampling is to put it in the kernel > I suggest not adding this to the "athlon" cpu selection code. Rather make it > a sub-option like many other drivers have. That way people can select > whether they need it or not until we are sure it's totally safe for everyone > to use it by Via saying so or something. Just a suggestion, other drivers > do the same thing, so why not the cpu selection screen for workarounds.
Why not simply add it to the next -pre cycle (if 2.4.10 is nearby), ie 2.4.11-pre1 has it, it goes through a few revisions of -pre and if it's stable enough for mainstream, have it standard for 2.4.11, otherwise just drop it, fix it, squash it, or do whatever with it :)
And if 2.4.10 isn't that close, add it to -pre13 and do the same, having it permanently in 2.4.10 (or not if it's nuclear).
// Stefan
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