Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 1997 11:07:48 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Patrick St. Jean" <> | Subject | Re: AMD k6 cosmetic problems |
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On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > 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. >
Thanks for jogging my memory! That's absolutely the right place to do it. I'd completely forgotten about that... DUH! Too much ridin in the rain or something like that... I wonder if we could hack something up with the kernel to check that during a make config? Maybe as a default, cause I know I DO make kernels for other machines at times... Hmm... I think I'll try it this afternoon... I'll just check the family for now, y'all can fill in other stuff if it's needed... Look for a patch if it's worthwhile and workable...
Pat
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