Re: [PATCH] 2.6 workaround for Athlon/Opteron prefetch errata

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 08:56:36 EST

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This patch is fragile and looks pointless.

What's wrong with the current status quo that just says "Athlon prefetch
is broken"?

Linus

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