Re: [X86] Fix up silly i1586 boot message.

[Dave Jones]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 07:48:03PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
 > 
 > On Wednesday 2008-05-28 18:57, Dave Jones wrote:
 > 
 > >Trying to boot a 64-bit kernel on a 32bit Pentium 4 gets
 > >you an amusing message along the lines of.
 > >"you need an x86-64, but you only have an i1586"
 > >due to the P4 being family F.  Munge it to be 686.
 > 
 > What is wrong with it? If i386, 486, 586 and 686 are valid names,
 > why should not 786 (or rather 1586... since someone thought it
 > would be cool to jump the number^1) be?

When you find the Intel literature that refers to the '786' or the '1586',
feel free to send a patch. In the meantime, we'll refer to it as
the rest of the world does.

	Dave

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