Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:19:52 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: remove unused code and data in nexgen.c |
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:34:53 -0400 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Dmitri Vorobiev wrote: > >> > >> Also NexGen was never shipped anyways, but bought by AMD and became > >> the K6. So I assume whatever this file is supposed to do is done > >> by amd.c anyways. > > > > IOW, you claim that now it's safe enough to throw away the NexGen > > altogether? > > > > If it never shipped, then yes, it should be safe to remove. We don't > support other vendors that never went to product, e.g. RISE or Montalvo.
There are/were a few Nexgen boxes out there - strange beast where the BIOS code emulated some instructions. So few I doubt killing it off is a problem at all.
Alan
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