Re: [RFC PATCH 04/14] sparc64: load shared id into context register 1

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Wed Dec 21 2016 - 13:17:59 EST


Hi Mike.

> Or, perhaps we only enable
> the shared context ID feature on processors which have the ability to work
> around the backwards compatibility feature.

Start out like this, and then see if it is really needed with the older processors.
This should keep the code logic simpler - which is always good for this complicated stuff.

Sam