Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:46:44 +0200 (CEST) | | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [4/50] x86: add cpu codenames for Kconfig.cpu |
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On Sep 22 2007 08:57, Sam Ravnborg wrote: >> >> This seems like yet another list that will need to be perpetually >> kept up to date, and given 99% of users don't know the codename >> of their core, just the marketing name, I question its value. > >As a bare minimum requirement the list presented here shall use same >names as used in /proc/cpuinfo > >On this box I read: > >vendor_id : GenuineIntel >model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) > >This info must be present in Kconfig text (help text) too. >I always have trouble selecting the right CPU before so I welcome this patch >that give me more info - and maybe a bit too much.
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
here. Seems like Intel encodes their codenames into cpuid :( - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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