On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:17:42AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 19:01 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 02:40:53AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 13:30 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > 2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let 
> > > > us know.
> > > > 
> > > > ------------------
> > > > 
> > > > From: Hans Rosenfeld <[email protected]>
> > > > 
> > > > commit 9d8888c2a214aece2494a49e699a097c2ba9498b upstream.
> > > > 
> > > > Remove check_c1e_idle() and use the new AMD errata checking framework
> > > > instead.
> > > 
> > > Clean-up patches are generally not candidates for longterm updates.
> > 
> > This was added because a follow-on patch required it.
> 
> Ah yes, 'x86, AMD: Set ARAT feature on AMD processors' is using the same
> condition.
> 
> Of course, that could have been backported by referring to the function
> that this removes, rather than pulling in a load of other changes with
> consequent risk of regressions.

I prefer to take original patches for stable, it makes it easier in the
end.

thanks,

greg k-h

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