Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] x86: add sysfs interface for cpuid module

[H. Peter Anvin]

Yi Yang wrote:
> Function cpuid has reset ecx to 0 immediate before calling to __cpuid,
> so this shouldn't be a problem now.

Unless, of course, you want to get to the information for the higher 
CPUID levels.

The easiest way to fix that would be to use cpuid_count() and let 
/dev/cpu/*/cpuid take the %ecx value in the high half of the offset. 
That would have minimal impact on the interface.

	-hpa
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