Re: PrePATCH 02: AMD K6/K6-2 CPU recognition

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:43:30 +0300


RD> This patch adds the extended functions available in the K6/K6-2 procs.
RD> Detects 3DNow! and more. Only tested on a K6-2 300. Use at your own
RD> risk ;)

RD> cpu : 586
RD> model : K6-2 (model 8)
RD> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
RD> stepping : unknown
[...]
RD> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx
RD> bogomips : 599.65
RD> cpu: : 686
RD> model : K5 (model 0)
RD> processor name : AMD-own
RD> stepping : 0
RD> fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 SYSCALL+SYSRET mmx 3DNow!

1. Why so many duplicate lines? I must miss something...
"cpu" and "cpu:", flags line has no title in first column etc.
Something must have been mixed up.

2. I suggest you don't use capitals in flag names, just lowercase letters and
numbers. And don't make them too long.

-- 
Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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