Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753515AbXEXXXW (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2007 19:23:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750751AbXEXXXO (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2007 19:23:14 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:57503 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750702AbXEXXXO (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2007 19:23:14 -0400 Message-ID: <46561E55.7090107@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 16:23:01 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" CC: Andi Kleen , Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , "Brown, Len" , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Display Intel Dynamic Acceleration feature in /proc/cpuinfo References: <653FFBB4508B9042B5D43DC9E18836F5EE129C@scsmsx415.amr.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <653FFBB4508B9042B5D43DC9E18836F5EE129C@scsmsx415.amr.corp.intel.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 836 Lines: 21 Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote: > > Yes. But it only has 3 features defined right now. 2 in EAX and one in > ECX. Should I use 2 new words for these bits or just use the software > defined bits as in my earlier patch? > Oh for heaven's sake. Could you please do the world a favour and shoot your CPUID architect? The real answer depends on how you expect it to grow in the future. Intel has a piss-poor record at being consistent in this matter, which speaks for a more ad hoc approach, but if there really is a sane growth path going forward, then go ahead and define two new words. -hpa - 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/