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Re: [PATCH 2/8] x86/boot: Collect AMD speculative features earlier during boot


  • To: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:50:11 +0100
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On 26.01.2022 13:44, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> I think you could also use boot_cpu_data in spec_ctrl.c print_details
> instead of fetching again the cpuid leafs?

Like with pre-existing code there iirc the intention is to really log
what is available in hardware, no matter what was subsequently disabled
in software already (e.g. via "cpuid=").

Jan




 


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