From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
To: Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Display Intel Dynamic Acceleration feature in /proc/cpuinfo
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 23:56:39 +0200
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> I can do it in intel setup function. But, the feature may not be activated
> unless the driver is loaded.

That would put users in a chicken and egg situation: they cannot know they
need to load a driver to go faster. It's better to display it always.

-Andi
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