On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 01:09:41PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 11/07/2013 09:17 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > This series implements automatic module loading based on optional CPU > > features, > > and tries to do so in a generic way. Currently, 32 feature bits are > > supported, > > and how they map to actual CPU features is entirely up to the architecture. > > NAK. > > We in the x86 world already left 32 bits way behind; we currently have > 320 bit feature masks. > > If you're aiming at doing this in a generic way, it needs to be able to > accommodate the current x86cpu feature stuff as a subset, which this > doesn't.
They can just use the exact same code/macros as x86cpu, just need a different prefix and use wildcards if they miss something (e.g. family) -Andi -- 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/
