Re: [patch 3/3] add Via Nehemiah ("xstore") rng support

[Dave Jones]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:16:37AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

 > >  > +#define cpu_has_xstore		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSTORE)
 > > Do we want to do this check only on VIA CPUs I wonder.
 > > As a vendor specific extension, I'd be inclined to do that.
 > 
 > No, the whole point of all the crud in arch/i386/kernel/cpu is to make 
 > those tests _once_ at bootup, and then the internal kernel "extended CPU 
 > feature set" has a unique feature-set that is independent of manufacturers 
 > and totally disjunct, so that we never need to care about manufacturers 
 > ever again.

Of course. Obviously a pre-caffeine email.

		Dave