Re: [PATCH] Re: Discrepancies between /proc/cpuinfo and Dave J's x86info

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Wed Jul 11 2001 - 11:29:34 EST


On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Hugh Dickins wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > This patch (against 247pre6) should keep the cpuinfo in sync with the real
> > state of the CPU..
>
> Am I paranoid? I feel nervous about "c->cpuid_level--" inferring
> what we expect to happen to it, would prefer to check it (below).

I would much prefer this approach - along with a comment saying "disabling
the serial number may affect the cpuid level".

Done.

                Linus

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