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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] moving F0 0F bug check to bugs.h
Date: 18 Nov 2001 17:46:09 -0800
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Followup to:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0111181512230.29315-100000@Appserv.suse.de>
By author:    Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> 
> > Is there any reason why the F0 0F bug check isn't in bugs.h?
> 
> hpa moved it (And some others) during his 2.3.99 big cleanup of setup.c
> and friends.
> 

bugs.h should die, ideally.  There is no good reason the checking for
features and the checking for bugs is done using different mechanisms,
and the bugs.h mechanism is *MUCH* uglier.  However, I was planning to
wait for 2.5 with that one.

     -hpa
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