Re: [PATCH 2/2] cpu: intel, amd: mask cleared cpuid features

[Vladimir Davydov]

On 07/25/2012 03:31 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:31:30 +0400
> Vladimir Davydov<vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > On 07/24/2012 04:44 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > This approach does not need any kernel support (except for the
> > > > /proc/cpuinfo filtering). Does this address the issues you have?
> > > You can do the /proc/cpuinfo filtering in user space too
> > How?
> bind mount your own normal file over the top or a FUSE file

In general, we've agreed that wiring CPUID masking into the kernel was 
not a good idea.

We will try to virtualize /proc/cpuinfo as well as other /proc stuff in 
mainstream.

Thank you for your time and feedback.
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