Re: [PATCH] [58/58] x86: remove support for the Rise CPU

[Jeff Garzik]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Thursday 19 July 2007 13:13:40 Alan Cox wrote:
> > > - It's not only code, it also bloats everyone's kernel image.
> > Its a miniscule piece of code that is discarded on boot. Yes it might
> > make the image 100 bytes longer, but have you priced a 160GB disk
> > recently. I don't think 100 bytes of disk and 0 of memory really is worth
> > saving for any risk at all. Its not even worth the time to apply the
> > patch.
>
> The patch is already applied.

Er, huh?  It's not upstream.


> Besides the CPU will likely boot even without special handling.

You don't know this.  Why risk it?  Just leave the CPU magic as-is.

	Jeff


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