Messages in this thread | | | From | tedheadster <> | Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:39:00 -0500 | Subject | Re: What was last kernel that booted on hardware XY? database was Re: [BUG] x86 : i486 reporting to be vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre_V1/Spectre_V2A |
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On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote: > Hi! > >> > BTW... I'd really like to have a database of machine, kernel version, >> > cpuinfo, config... So that questions like "what is the latest kernel >> > that is known to be running on this hardware" and "what config should >> > I start from". >> > >> > For example, I have nokia N810 here. It was supported by Linux at some >> > point, but then we moved to dts, and stuff changed, and I can no >> > longer figure how to boot it. >> > >> > I guess "what was last kernel that worked on Cyrix MII" is also >> > relevant question. >> > >> > Is there such database? If not, would people be interested in >> > contributing if I create one? >> > >> >> I am interested and will help. I have i486/i586/Pentium Pro/Pentium >> II/Pentium II Xeon/Pentium 4 systems to test on. Oddly, I don't yet >> have Pentium III systems. >> >> I think an associated goal would be to fix those broken versions. >> >> I think this is a great project for college students to get experience >> with. Who else is interested? > > Ok, I started something: > > https://github.com/pavelmachek/missy > This is a good start. Could we start to create a hierarchy of major architectures next? I propose the following:
i486->Intel->i486 i486->Cyrix->Cx486 i486->AMD->Am486 i486->UMC->Green CPU i586->Intel->Pentium Classic i586->Intel->Pentium MMX i586->Intel->Atom i586->AMD->K5 i586->AMD->K6 i586->AMD->K6 II i586->AMD->K6 III i586->Cyrix->5x86 i586->Cyrix->6x86 i586->Cyrix->6x86MX i586->Cyrix->Cyrix III i686->Intel->Pentium Pro i686->Intel->Pentium II i686->Intel->Pentium III i686->Intel->Pentium 4 i686->Intel->Pentium M i686->Intel->Core 2 i686->AMD->K7 i686->AMD->K8
You would put the computer you tested it on inside one of these directories.
This will need to be edited if you choose to use it. I left out items I know little about, such as Geode GX1, Geode LX, VIA C3-2, VIA C7, Transmeta Crusoe and Efficeon, Winchip-2, Winchip-C6, and certainly others.
- Matthew
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