Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265306AbUF2Aiq (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:38:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265311AbUF2Aiq (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:38:46 -0400 Received: from delerium.kernelslacker.org ([81.187.208.145]:16536 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265306AbUF2Aip (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:38:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 01:37:23 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: FabF Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.7-mm3] cpuflags reviewed Message-ID: <20040629003723.GA30230@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , FabF , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel References: <1088416506.2395.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1088416506.2395.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 29 On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 11:55:06AM +0200, FabF wrote: > Andrew, > > Here's cpuflags v2 (x86 version) : > > [/proc/cpuflags snippet] > no sse2 > no ss > no ht > no tm > no ia64 > no pbe > yes syscall > yes mp > no nx > yes mmxext > no lm > yes 3dnowext This can be done just as easily (if not easier) in userspace. I see no value in adding a duplicate flag mechanism to the kernel. Dave - 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/