Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753788AbYHAPRT (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:17:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751355AbYHAPRI (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:17:08 -0400 Received: from smtpq2.groni1.gr.home.nl ([213.51.130.201]:48691 "EHLO smtpq2.groni1.gr.home.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751246AbYHAPRH (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:17:07 -0400 Message-ID: <48932975.80508@keyaccess.nl> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:19:17 +0200 From: Rene Herman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: Ingo Molnar , Wolfram Sang , Linus Torvalds , Suresh Siddha , Wim Van Sebroeck , =?ISO-8859-15?Q?P=E1draig_Brady?= , "H. Peter Anvin" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "arjan@linux.intel.com" , "roland@redhat.com" , "drepper@redhat.com" , "mikpe@it.uu.se" , "chrisw@sous-sol.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [patch 0/9] x86, xsave: xsave/xrstor support References: <20080730234102.GF11223@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20080731212915.GH2729@elte.hu> <20080731215808.GB8563@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20080731221435.GS23938@one.firstfloor.org> <20080731221924.GD8563@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20080731225004.GD22426@elte.hu> <48926FC3.3000706@keyaccess.nl> <20080801095105.GA18055@elte.hu> <48931D69.2010309@keyaccess.nl> <20080801144917.GY23938@one.firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <20080801144917.GY23938@one.firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 833 Lines: 23 On 01-08-08 16:49, Andi Kleen wrote: >> For real ISA at the least, the best fix I feel is just not go grabbing >> resources without anything (ie, ISAPnP) or anyone (ie, the user) telling > > Really old systems don't have isapnp. Neither have smbus devices. > >> us that's where the hardware's at. > > That would mean the users on these systems would need to add tons > of obscure command line options. No, it means users on those 1% of systems that are using drivers that break the other 99% would have to for those one or two drivers that do. And as said, we don't care. Rene. -- 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/