Re: AMD k6 cosmetic problems
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 08:35:04 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Nah, lets leave it as is. I know this is wishful thinking, but if the
> idiots at cygnus ever get their heads outa their arses and support the
> incremental features of anything above a 486 it'll be nice to
> differentiate between them. i386, x86, ia32, etc do not give a way to
> enable specific chip features, just the lowest common denominator.
>
Neither does relying on uname. If you want to check for chip
features, you should just read /proc/cpuinfo. With the "feature flag
set" of the newer x86 chips, that's the *only* way you're gonna know
what you have.
-hpa