Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 May 2008 13:59:41 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [X86] Fix up silly i1586 boot message. |
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On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 07:48:03PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Wednesday 2008-05-28 18:57, Dave Jones wrote: > > >Trying to boot a 64-bit kernel on a 32bit Pentium 4 gets > >you an amusing message along the lines of. > >"you need an x86-64, but you only have an i1586" > >due to the P4 being family F. Munge it to be 686. > > What is wrong with it? If i386, 486, 586 and 686 are valid names, > why should not 786 (or rather 1586... since someone thought it > would be cool to jump the number^1) be?
When you find the Intel literature that refers to the '786' or the '1586', feel free to send a patch. In the meantime, we'll refer to it as the rest of the world does.
Dave
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