Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/fred: enable FRED by default

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 2026-03-25 09:30, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>
>> Well, it is useful for testing code paths for legacy hardware.
> 
> ... which would presume you know what you're doing.
> 
> clearcpuid= is not something you or I or anyone else wants to debug when
> people start clearing random CPUID bits without knowing any better.
> 
> Thus the tainting.
> 

Exactly.

	-hpa