Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-03 Thread Tigran Aivazian
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Matti Aarnio wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:11:28PM +, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > Second attempt. The linux-kernel list is broken at the moment (reported > > fault to postmaster already) so some messages get lost at random: > >Tigran has local problems with his o

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-03 Thread Matti Aarnio
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 10:11:28PM +, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > Second attempt. The linux-kernel list is broken at the moment (reported > fault to postmaster already) so some messages get lost at random: Tigran has local problems with his outgoing email. Nothing to do with vger.kernel.or

[patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-02 Thread Tigran Aivazian
Second attempt. The linux-kernel list is broken at the moment (reported fault to postmaster already) so some messages get lost at random: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 21:49:21 + (GMT) From: Tigran Aivazian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > > > OK, fair enough. Let me make a new statement then: I suggest we preface > > > these with MSR_ anyway so we can tell what they really are. > > > > > > > That is much

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > OK, fair enough. Let me make a new statement then: I suggest we preface > > these with MSR_ anyway so we can tell what they really are. > > > > That is much better. Actually, I accept your suggestion. (because I have >

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > > > Please call these MSR_* instead, "IA32_*" isn't very descriptive, > > > > besides, the preferred prefix in existing locations in the Linux > > > > kernel is "X86_", e.g. X86_EFLAGS_IF or X86_

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Alan Cox wrote: > > > Please call these MSR_* instead, "IA32_*" isn't very descriptive, > > besides, the preferred prefix in existing locations in the Linux > > kernel is "X86_", e.g. X86_EFLAGS_IF or X86_CR4_PSE. I think there > > I think I agree with Tigran's naming. These are IA32 registers

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-02 Thread Tigran Aivazian
On 1 Dec 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > +/* symbolic names for some interesting MSRs */ > > +#define IA32_PLATFORM_ID 0x17 > > +#define IA32_UCODE_WRITE 0x79 > > +#define IA32_UCODE_REV 0x8B > > > > Please call these MSR_* instead, "IA32_*" isn't very descriptive, > besides, the

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-02 Thread Alan Cox
> Please call these MSR_* instead, "IA32_*" isn't very descriptive, > besides, the preferred prefix in existing locations in the Linux > kernel is "X86_", e.g. X86_EFLAGS_IF or X86_CR4_PSE. I think there I think I agree with Tigran's naming. These are IA32 registers not X86 ones ;) - To unsubs

Re: [patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-01 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Tigran Aivazian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Second attempt -- the first one got lost due to some local mail client > problems... > > Hi Linus, > > Here is the patch to microcode update driver to support the new P4 > CPU.

[patch-2.4.0-test12-pre3] microcode update for P4 (fwd)

2000-12-01 Thread Tigran Aivazian
Second attempt -- the first one got lost due to some local mail client problems... -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:43:10 + (GMT) From: Tigran Aivazian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [patch-2.4.0-test12