Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 07 May 2008 17:03:45 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6 |
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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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