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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: correct remaining extended CPUID level checks



On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 07:19:56AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
> We should consistently check the upper 16 bits to be equal 0x8000 and
> only then the full value to be >= the desired level.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> As to inclusion in 4.7 - I think this would be desirable, but it's not
> a must: I'm unaware of real world environments where
> CPUID[0x80000000].EAX would yield a value not having the upper 16 bits
> set to 0x8000.
> 

We're early in our RC so:

Release-acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

Wei.

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