On 08/04/2010 05:27 PM, bifferos wrote: > > --- On Thu, 5/8/10, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Without the patch RDC is misreported as Cyrix >> Cx486SLC. >>> >> >> And what problems does that cause? Presumably none, > > If I don't know the CPU how do I set the tick rate? > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=kernel/common.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e1b4d1143651fb3838be1117785b6e0386fa151f > That's a valid use, of course, but that wasn't sent with it. Even so, it's really a chipset property and not a CPU property and probably should simply be set via a PCI quirk. So, clean up the patch, add the usage, and then it can be put into the -tip tree for the next merge window. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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