Re: Skeleton CPU selection information needed
Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 17:30:44 -0400
> Why not use the CPUID scheme to identify the used CPU. Look at the
> CPU detection code at www.x86.org. Should be "easy" to change the
> code in the setup part to properly identify the CPU family, model,
> stepping and clock frequency and pass that information on to the kernel
> part. With the variation in CPU features, there is nothing else we
I'm liking this option the best.
Time permitting, I'm going to go for something like this.
If we got fancy enough, it might just be a simple rename of the descriptions.
Hmm.
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