Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/3] x86: Adding structs to reflect cpuid fields

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Sep 19 2014 - 08:20:15 EST


On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:59:32AM +0300, Nadav Amit wrote:
> As for the concern that CPUID fields would be extended into non-zero
> reserved bits - can someone point me to a single case that occurred in
> the last 20 years during which CPUID existed?

Do you have a guarantee that this won't happen in the future and break
all your fancy bitfields assumptions?

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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