Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 07 Jan 1999 23:53:30 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: Patch for K6 sep flag |
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Meelis Roos wrote: > > > > TM> processor : 0 > > > TM> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > > > TM> cpu family : 5 > > > TM> model : 8 > > > TM> model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor > > > TM> stepping : unknown > > > > > > Are you sure that the 'unknown' stepping is the best we can get? Do the > > > newer AMD cpus have a concept of stepping or do they have just the > > > model? > > > > You probably have an A step cpu which reports a mask version of 0. The > > kernel assumes that if the mask is 0, then it is unknown. This may be > > true for Intel chips, but not AMD. > > It's not me, I have > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 5 > model : 6 > model name : AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions > stepping : 2 > > I was just saying that the very above is not perfect due to the 'unknown' > line. > > BTW, why do we have AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor but AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia > extensions? - notice the brackets.
That's just the string the chip reports to us. There is a limit of 40 characters.
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Brian Gerst
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