[AMD Official Use Only - General] >> +/* >> + * The RMP entry format is not architectural. The format is defined >> +in PPR >> + * Family 19h Model 01h, Rev B1 processor. >> + */ >Let's say that Family 20h comes out and has a new RMP entry format. >What keeps an old kernel from attempting to use this old format on that new CPU? As I replied previously on the same subject: Architectural implies that it is defined in the APM and shouldn't change in such a way as to not be backward compatible. I probably think the wording here should be architecture independent or more precisely platform independent. Thanks, Ashish