Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 May 2009 23:11:45 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/10 -tip] x86: Add cpufeature for Processor Name |
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Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > Processor Name / Brand String (Function 8000_0002h, 8000_0003h, 8000_0004h) > Functions 8000_0002h, 8000_0003h, and 8000_0004h each return up to 16 ASCII > bytes of the processor name in the EAX, EBX, ECX and EDX registers. > > X86_FEATURE_PNAME will be useful for displaying MSRs like AMD: > MSRC001_00[35:30] Processor Name String Registers >
Pointless and wrong. The presence of the processor name is not the same thing as the presence of specific MSRs, which are model-specific.
-hpa
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