-----Original Message----- From: Maciej W. Rozycki > I think we came to the conclusion that the way to move forward is to > implement Octeon-specific controls where generic R1/R2 ISA ones are now > (ab)used to get the desired effect. Only once this is in place your > change can go in. As I said earlier in the thread, "in the current ToT, I have not seen where this change would affect apart from show_cpuinfo()"[1]. So, if someone implements Octeon-specific controls, where this should be used? I am not aware of the places where Octeon (ab)uses it in the current kernel code. David says he "cannot recall exactly what the issues were" [2]. Petar [1] https://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2017-05/msg00103.html [2] https://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2017-03/msg00149.html
