Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 1997 08:39:43 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Johan Myréen <> | Subject | Re: Skeleton CPU selection information needed |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Marcus B wrote:
> > >I want to keep the notion of CONFIG_xx86 in the configure > > >scripts/etc, but > > >I'm kind of lost in respect to what to call the Pentium II. > > > > > >CONFIG_M786? > > > > What's the model number of the `pentium 2'; isn't it something like > > the 80522? (the `pentium pro' is the 80521, and the `pentium' is > > the 8050x {I think the 60/66 are 80501, while the cleaned up later > > generation is 80502} > > > > Of course many brains would pop if the config scripts were reworked > > to define CONFIG_M50x and CONFIG_M52x... > or even use Intel's CPUID levels for CONFIG_Mxxxx
I don't see why we would need to differentiate between, for instance, the Pentium Pro and the Pentium II. Please try to keep the different CONFIG_XXX choices to a minimum. Using CPUID id's would only lead to confusion without any gain at all.
Johan Myreen jem@iki.fi
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