Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:08:43 +0100 | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Cyrix MII cpuid returns stale %ecx |
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:07:55PM -0700, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > This patch is for the following bug, thanks to Ondrej Zary for > reporting, testing and submitting a patch. > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3767 > > It appears that the Cyrix MII won't touch %ecx at all resulting in stale > data being returned as extended attributes, so clear ecx before issuing > the cpuid. I have also made the capability print code display all the > capability words for easier debugging in future.
Can you please change cpuid() on x86-64 too?
I think it would be also better to not printk the capabilities at all or only with a special kernel option. Normally they are not needed, but they clutter up the boot log.
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