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Date:      Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:52:00 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
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
Message-ID:  <86fx8tfau7.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20091105112834.GR2331@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> (Kostik Belousov's message of "Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:28:34 %2B0200")
References:  <4e6cba830911050302k56bed35aj5ca9fa16379ab325@mail.gmail.com> <20091105112834.GR2331@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>

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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



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