Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: unification of cpu/bugs.c

[Jaswinder Singh Rajput]

On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 15:12 +0100, Robert Richter wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * Check various bugs
> > + */
> > +static void __init check_various_bugs(void)
> > +{
> > +	check_config();
> > +	check_fpu();
> > +	check_hlt();
> > +	check_popad();
> > +

This is applicable to 32 bit only. right ?

> > +	init_utsname()->machine[1] =
> > +		'0' + (boot_cpu_data.x86 > 6 ? 6 : boot_cpu_data.x86);
> 

hmm. this can be common.

> Did you evaluate why these functions are 32 bit only? Same applies to
> 64 bit below. It seems this is not a unification and instead only some
> move-around of code.
> 

Thanks for pointing.

--
JSR


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