Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:54:34 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4 |
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Hi!
> >> > * include/asm-i386/elf.h: > >> > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" > >> > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix > >> > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) > >> > > >> > >> We should never have used anything but "i386" as the utsname... sigh. > > > >We stil can do that: make 2.4.0 use i386 for utsname on all x86 machines > >(except x86-64 ;-), and let people adapt. > > Better yet, make it use "ia32" to avoid confusion.
No. i386 is already in use by most people. No need to change that. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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