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SubjectRe: Updated 2.4 TODO List
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tytso@mit.edu wrote:
> Maybe we should have the kernel print the CPU information it was
> compiled with before it does anything else..... It'll make it easier to
> catch what may be a fairly common set of PEBCAK case....

I was told that "printing" anything was out of the question, as the
"printing" routine doesn't work: It would contain 686 instructions,
which wouldn't work on the Pentium.

Roger.

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