Re: [PATCH] Fix i486 suspend to disk CR4 oops

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Aug 18 2008 - 18:01:35 EST


On Mon 2008-08-18 10:32:24, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>>
>> Is this part really necessary ?
>>
>> Why would a 486 be in EFI code?
>>
>
> Necessary, almost certainly not, but (a) it doesn't hurt anything, (b) it's
> good to be consistent and (c) it might still be useful to virtualizers.

...it may be useful for something obscure... like system-on-chip...
Pavel
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