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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features
To: bgerst@didntduck.org (Brian Gerst)
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> +	lea	cpuid_fail_msg, %si
> +	call	prtstr
> +1:	jmp	1b
> +cpuid_fail_msg:
> +	.string	"Required CPU features are not present - compile kernel for the proper CPU type."
> +cpuid_pass:

Only one very minor suggestion

1:	hlt
	j 1b


Q:	are any of the things you test present in processors only after we
	do magic 'cpuid' enable invocations ?

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