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Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr

From Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr
Date 2016-06-15 19:50 +0200
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> Well, since the utility is part of tools/, it goes with the kernel
> version. Just like perf.
>
> Or are you dying to be able to use new tool on old kernels?

Yes.  Enterprise customers use old kernels.  They need
at least a snapshot of the utility that works w/o the API update.
-- 
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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[RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-06-15 12:10 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr chenyu <yu.chen.surf@gmail.com> - 2016-06-15 12:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-06-15 12:40 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-06-15 16:10 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-06-15 18:50 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-06-15 19:00 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-06-15 19:30 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-06-15 19:40 +0200
          Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-06-15 19:50 +0200
            Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-06-15 20:00 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Move away from /dev/cpu/*/msr Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-06-20 23:20 +0200

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