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To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
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In-Reply-To: <20091105112834.GR2331@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> (Kostik
	Belousov's message of "Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:28:34 +0200")
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Cc: Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org>,
	Giovanni Trematerra <giovanni.trematerra@gmail.com>,
	FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AMD Opteron Rev. E hack
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Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> writes:
> I think there is no much sense in printing that hack in unused;
> instead, you should print info when option is enabled and vulnerable
> CPU is detected.

We should *definitely* print a warninhg when a vulnerable CPU is
detected and the option is *not* enabled.  How do you justify not
telling the user that you know the machine will crash as soon as he runs
'make buildworld' with a high -j value?

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no