Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: AMD k6 cosmetic problems | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 1997 08:35:04 -0700 (PDT) |
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> > Nah, lets leave it as is. I know this is wishful thinking, but if the > idiots at cygnus ever get their heads outa their arses and support the > incremental features of anything above a 486 it'll be nice to > differentiate between them. i386, x86, ia32, etc do not give a way to > enable specific chip features, just the lowest common denominator. >
Neither does relying on uname. If you want to check for chip features, you should just read /proc/cpuinfo. With the "feature flag set" of the newer x86 chips, that's the *only* way you're gonna know what you have.
-hpa
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