Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote: > > Yes. But it only has 3 features defined right now. 2 in EAX and one in > ECX. Should I use 2 new words for these bits or just use the software > defined bits as in my earlier patch? >
Oh for heaven's sake. Could you please do the world a favour and shoot your CPUID architect? The real answer depends on how you expect it to grow in the future. Intel has a piss-poor record at being consistent in this matter, which speaks for a more ad hoc approach, but if there really is a sane growth path going forward, then go ahead and define two new words. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/