On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Pete Clements wrote:
>>
> > Please Pete, could you test this out on your Intel 486 DX2-66?
....
>Patch applied, works, back to pre 109.
>Patched 2.1.109 /proc/cpuinfo
>
>processor : 0
>cpu family : 4
>model : unknown
>vendor_id : unknown
>stepping : unknown
....
OK, I fixed the Cyrix code, now the problem is in the Intel code.
Unfortunately, I can't offer a fix for this, since I only have and work on the
2.0.3x sources. Rafael and I maintain a common code base for the Cyrix detection
routines, so the Cyrix fix was easy, but I don't have the least idea of how
Intel detection is done in 2.1.109. AFAIK it's completely different from the
2.0.3x code.
[BTW this is why I think it's a good idea to have as much common code as
possible in the 2.0.3x and 2.1.10x kernels, at least for code that's been well
exercised]
If you can wait until Rafael comes online, I am pretty sure he can cook
something up in a clean way. It's probably something relatively simple, like
the default vendor_id not being initialized ot something like that. I am
positive that the problem is restricted to setup.c.
Now I understand why Linus calls the CPU detection code a "beauty wart". Do you
realize how much time women spend painting themselves? ;-)
Cheers,
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Andrew D. Balsa
andrebalsa@altern.org
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