Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753792AbaARL0f (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jan 2014 06:26:35 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:37114 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751830AbaARL0b (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jan 2014 06:26:31 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:26:20 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Pavel Machek Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Henrique de Moraes Holschuh , X86 ML , LKML , Kim Naru , Aravind Gopalakrishnan , Sherry Hurwitz Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, CPU, AMD: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793 Message-ID: <20140118112620.GB15466@pd.tnic> References: <20140114153534.GE29865@pd.tnic> <20140114162722.GF29865@pd.tnic> <20140117222806.GB13930@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <20140117225013.GE14649@pd.tnic> <52D9B408.4020007@zytor.com> <20140118002926.GA22185@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <52D9D6FC.7050100@zytor.com> <20140118020155.GA24158@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <20140118104231.GA15466@pd.tnic> <20140118110829.GA2071@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140118110829.GA2071@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 12:08:29PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > ?? By the time userspace is booted, you have overwritten the MSR, and > information, if the BIOS is buggy, was lost. Bullshit - if you don't apply the workaround, the bit in the MSR remains unset. Drop this senseless conversation and go play with something else. At least I am. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/