Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6

[H. Peter Anvin]

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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