Re: [PATCH 7 of 20] ipath - misc driver support code

[Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>]

 > +/**
 > + * ipath_unordered_wc - indicate whether write combining is ordered
 > + *
 > + * Because our performance depends on our ability to do write combining mmio
 > + * writes in the most efficient way, we need to know if we are on an Intel
 > + * or AMD x86_64 processor.  AMD x86_64 processors flush WC buffers out in
 > + * the order completed, and so no special flushing is required to get
 > + * correct ordering.  Intel processors, however, will flush write buffers
 > + * out in "random" orders, and so explict ordering is needed at times.
 > + */
 > +int ipath_unordered_wc(void)
 > +{
 > +	return boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL;
 > +}

This is kind of theoritical, but it seems to me that it would be safer
to write this as

	int ipath_unordered_wc(void)
	{
		return boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD;
	}

after all, Via is probably going to have an x86-64 CPU one of these
days, and I doubt you've checked that their WC flush is ordered.

 - R.
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