Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Date: Fri Oct 27 2000 - 13:43:23 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > - 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.
>
> Its questionable if we should include the 'i'
>

True enough, personally I prefer "x86".

        -hpa

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