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| From | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Report Intel platform_id in /proc/cpuinfo |
| Date | 2016-09-23 10:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sktSa-1fi-29@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <skmQF-50y-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, Andi Kleen wrote: > The processor flags are already used in the microcode driver. > The MSR can be also accessed through /dev/cpu/*/msr, but that > requires root and is awkward. > > This patch just exports the value retrieved by the microcode > driver in /proc/cpuinfo. If the microcode driver is disabled > it won't be shown, but that seems reasonable. The patch is fine, but these two paragraphs are describing something else. Thanks, tglx
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[PATCH] x86: Report Intel platform_id in /proc/cpuinfo Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-09-23 02:50 +0200 Re: [PATCH] x86: Report Intel platform_id in /proc/cpuinfo Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-09-23 10:20 +0200
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