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SubjectRe: Skeleton CPU selection information needed
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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