Re: [PATCH] Cyrix MII cpuid returns stale %ecx

[Andi Kleen]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:07:55PM -0700, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> This patch is for the following bug, thanks to Ondrej Zary for 
> reporting, testing and submitting a patch.
> 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3767
> 
> It appears that the Cyrix MII won't touch %ecx at all resulting in stale 
> data being returned as extended attributes, so clear ecx before issuing 
> the cpuid. I have also made the capability print code display all the 
> capability words for easier debugging in future.

Can you please change cpuid() on x86-64 too?

I think it would be also better to not printk the capabilities
at all or only with a special kernel option. Normally they are
not needed, but they clutter up the boot  log.

-Andi
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