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Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module

From Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module
Date 2016-02-09 15:10 +0100
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On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 01:23:00PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Ease of use I suspect, no need to locate some separate utility.

Yeah, that is IMO the main reason which speaks against parsing in
userspace.

> Also, no need to define an ABI for the information displayed - which
> keeps things simpler. Since it's a kernel module there's no real bloat
> argument.

... and ontop it is a debugging aid module so won't be present on
production systems.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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[RFC] Dump interesting arch/platform info Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-01 13:00 +0100
  RE: [RFC] Dump interesting arch/platform info "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-02-02 00:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC] Dump interesting arch/platform info Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-02 10:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC] Dump interesting arch/platform info Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-02-03 11:50 +0100
        Re: [RFC] Dump interesting arch/platform info Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-03 12:10 +0100
          [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-04 16:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-02-04 20:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-07 12:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-02-09 20:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-09 20:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-02-05 21:00 +0100
              RE: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> - 2016-02-05 23:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-02-08 01:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module Boris Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-08 09:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-02-09 13:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH -v2] x86: Add an archinfo dumper module Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-02-09 15:10 +0100

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