On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 02:40:01AM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > How about you just check cpu_core_map[] instead of adding your
> > own custom detection code for this? This seems quite bogus to me.
>
> Because these <whatever>map[]s are poorly documented, change
> (get added or removed), and don't always exist in all subarchs.
That's all not true.
> I've been burned by cpu-related maps changing before. I'd rather
> not rely on them if I can avoid them.
I don't think that's a good attitude for a in tree driver.
If all drivers reimplemented core architecture features
all the time we would have a big mess. So please don't do
this.
-Andi
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