Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Remove cmpxchg from i386 NMI nesting code

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Jun 08 2012 - 14:09:42 EST


On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 01:52:09PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> "Idiot! Why the f*ck are you running i386 on your nice shiny new x86_64
> machine, with Umpteen Gigs of RAM. Boot a x86_64 kernel for Christ sake
> and get your full potential. Your i386 userspace will still work just
> fine on it. You're like one of those 75 year old retirees that can
> finally buy a Porsche just to drive it 10 miles per hour below the speed
> limit with a line of cars behind them!"

If you make this into a patch, you can have my vehement ACK.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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