Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:47:59 +0100 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: Pentium IV-summary |
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On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 12:36:21PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: <379322493.973714466779.JavaMail.root@web346-wra.mail.com> > By author: Frank Davis <fdavis112@juno.com> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > 2. There's a bug in get_model_name(), > > cpuid(0x80000001, &dummy, &dummy, &dummy, &(c->x86_capability)); > > > > that overwrites the capability state. It will be fixed in 2.2.18 by > > Dave Jones. Should we also look at Peter Anvin's fix for the problem > > that Linus mentioned? What are the other features of the Pentium IV > > should be included in the kernel pending the capability state fix? > > > > I'm working on a revamp of the i386 CPUID detection code, which will > fix this problem as a side effect.
Is this revamp only for processors that actually support the CPUID-instruction, or will you fix the CPU-detection for non-CPUID processors too?! There are quite a few processors that can be detected properly but aren't (for instance, IBM 486slc/slc2/slc3)
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