Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 May 2009 16:10:27 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: cpu/proc.c adding extended_cpuid_level for /proc/cpuinfo |
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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 07:19:37PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:39 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:44:42PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > > > > > > Here are 2 patches for adding new field extended_cpuid_level, please > > > choose PATCH whichever is more appropriate: > > > > > > PATCH 1: > > > Subject: [PATCH] x86: cpu/proc.c adding extended_cpuid_level for /proc/cpuinfo > > > > > > extended_cpuid_level also gives useful information like cpuid_level > > > and very useful for AMD processors. > > > > > > Adding extended_cpuid_level in /proc/cpuinfo completes cpuid_level info. > > > > and this is needed because... ?! > > > > why we need cpuid_level ?
It is already visible in userspace. I think you've got an answer to a very similar question already:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124206571628464
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