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SubjectRe: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6
Rene Herman wrote:
>>
>> Okay, that is utter nonsense. /proc/cpuinfo has always been, and will
>> always be, the CPU *AS THE KERNEL SEES IT*. If you want something
>> else, use x86info(1).
>
> What a lovely way of syncing reality with your definitions. The kernel
> _does_ see that my CPU features PAT, it just refuses to use it because
> it doesn't trust it enough. Vital difference. Maybe not to the kernel,
> but definitely to me, the user. /proc/cpuinfo is a user interface.
>

No, /proc/cpuinfo is informing the user about the kernel's view of the
CPU. It has always been the "cooked" view of CPUID, whether or not you
like it.

-hpa


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