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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/9] x86 idle cruft removal - v2

    * Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

    > We don't care if it doesn't work on a few machines (in fact we have
    > a table to avoid that), we care that it *DOES* work on lots.
    >
    > Removing it probably isn't a bad thing long term, but it's not appeared in
    > the deprecated list and has not been there for several releases so it is
    > not eligible for removal at this point.
    >
    > People spent years getting Linux to support all this hardware and
    > throwing bits out left right and centre to tidy up your current project
    > is not the way it should be done.
    >
    > So can we do this properly please. We have a process for good reason.
    >
    > Deprecate it properly

    Ok, agreed. Len, mind delaying this patch for a few releases?

    > Add a printk/WARN_ON() indicating to the user it is deprecated but we
    > will continue, and then give it a couple of releaes. Kerneloops.org will
    > help answer whether that WARN_ON was hit.

    Yeah, also add a -stable backport so that older kernel users have a chance to
    notice faster.

    Thanks,

    Ingo


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