Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102 | Date | Thu, 21 May 1998 19:20:08 -0600 | From | Stephen Williams <> |
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pavel@elf.ucw.cz said: > No. You are assuming that bugs are intel-only and that other > processors can not have same bug. For example 'wp bug' is shared over > all 386's... And 386 popad bug was shared between intel and amd, also. > So do not make cpuinfo specific to cpu type: apps do not want to know > which cpus cannot have bug etc.
Well, I'm sure glad Linux doesn't tell me whether my alpha has the f00f bug. Or my sparc, for that matter. -- Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. steve@icarus.com But I have promises to keep, steve@picturel.com and lines to code before I sleep, http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep."
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