Re: [PATCH] x86: add /proc/cpuinfo/physical id quirks

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 08/20/2009 02:59 PM, Alex Chiang wrote:
> 
> Once you go down this path of thinking though, ACPI starts
> looming, and that has other issues associated with it (in my
> mind, mostly around the cleanliness of implementation as ACPI
> starts poking its fingers everywhere).
> 

Seems more like DMI than ACPI to me, but this kind of stuff is already
creeping into everything no matter what.

*However* the whole point of this is to not muck with data structures
that the kernel actually cares about in any way, and have a separate
field which is only for human consumption.

	-hpa
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