Re: [PATCH] [58/58] x86: remove support for the Rise CPU

[Andi Kleen]

On Thursday 19 July 2007 13:13:40 Alan Cox wrote:
> > - It's not only code, it also bloats everyone's kernel image.
> 
> Its a miniscule piece of code that is discarded on boot. Yes it might
> make the image 100 bytes longer, but have you priced a 160GB disk
> recently. I don't think 100 bytes of disk and 0 of memory really is worth
> saving for any risk at all. Its not even worth the time to apply the
> patch.

The patch is already applied.

Besides the CPU will likely boot even without special handling.

-Andi
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