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    SubjectRe: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102
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    In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.980518125553.560A-100000@eiterra>,
    Phil's Kernel Account <kernel@eiterra.nls.net> wrote:
    >
    >if ((boot_cpu_data.x86_capability & 16) && (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor !=
    >X86_VENDOR_CYRIX) && (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR
    >(boot_cpu_data.x86_stepping == 0))) {

    This is not the way to do it.

    The line should read just

    if (boot_cpu_data.x86_capability & 16) {
    ...

    and that's it. Look at how 2.1.102 handles this: the cyrix-specific
    setup code will zero out the TSC bit from the capability mask, because
    Cyrix in essense does not _have_ a TSC that is correct.

    Zeroing out the bit automatically means that everything in the kernel
    that would try to use the TSC notices that it doesn't exist, and the
    problem is solved. And the only cyrix-specific code is exactly where it
    should be, ie in the cpuinfo setup code.

    Linus

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