Re: cx5x86mod

Rafael Reilova (rreilova@ececs.uc.edu)
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:56:16 -0500 (EST)


Hi,

Could you provide an pointer to the source of this module. I'll gladly
cook up a patch to the kernel (assuming the code does belong in the
kernel). Don't expect the patch to make it into the std. kernel for some
time though. 2.2.x is still under code freeze.

Cheers,
Rafael

On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Dan Srebnick wrote:

> Under the 2.0 kernels, I used cx5x86mod_1.0c to enable some of the
> enhancements in the 5x86C chip. Since the 2.2.1 kernel does such a good
> job of indentifying the CPU, could some code be added to support the
> features of this module from within the kernel?
>
> I used to double my bogomips to almost 100 using this mod on a 100MHz
> 5x86C. Anyway, the module no longer loads under 2.2.1. It doesn't
> recognize the symbol use_def. I have upgraded to the latest modutils.
>
> Any help/advice would be appreciated.
>
> Dan

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