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Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines

From Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines
Date 2016-03-12 13:10 +0100
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On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 23:03 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:32:43AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Obvious Ack to the patch, along with a "how did this ever work
> > before?" comment..
> 
> I had a sarcastic sentence in the commit message which I deleted
> later:
> 
> "Apparently no one had tried the kernel on a 486er after the FPU
> rewrite. Backwards compatibility is overrated."
> 
> :-)
> 
> I'm still wondering, though, why didn't the Quark people scream
> earlier... And who knows, it was probably b0rked even before the
> FPU rewrite.
> 

Busy with the dayjob :) so I haven't updated on Galileo since 

4b696dcb1a55e40648ad0eec4af991c72f945a85 (Feb 28 or so)

but... we'll do a better job keep track of -next to catch this stuff
earlier

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Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 11:50 +0100
  Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-10 12:20 +0100
    Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 13:50 +0100
      Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-10 14:00 +0100
        Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 14:40 +0100
          Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-10 16:10 +0100
            Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 16:30 +0100
              Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2016-03-10 16:50 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-10 17:50 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2016-03-10 18:20 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-10 20:10 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-11 02:40 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2016-03-11 12:00 +0100
            Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-11 02:50 +0100
              Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-11 10:10 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 10:50 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2016-03-11 12:10 +0100
                Re: Got FPU related warning on Intel Quark during boot Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 12:30 +0100
                [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 12:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-03-11 19:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-11 23:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 23:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-12 18:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-12 18:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-11 23:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2016-03-12 13:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-12 13:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-12 16:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-12 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-12 16:20 +0100
                [tip:x86/urgent] x86/fpu: Fix eager-FPU handling on legacy FPU  machines tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-03-12 16:20 +0100

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