Vince> On 2 Sep 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> >>>>> "Vince" == Vince Weaver <weave@eng.umd.edu> writes:
>>
Vince> Tired of the talk, I made a patch ;)
>> Which still doesn't contain vital information like info about the
>> FPU type.
Vince> fpu type is arch dependent.
So is cpu_vendor, for some architectures it's irrelevant since there
is one vendor.
Vince> Due to linux_logo development, I
Vince> have cpuinfo's for just about every intel compatible chip, plus
Vince> 2 or 3 for every non-intel architecture (except arm and sh).
Vince> Most architectures have fpu's built in, or else have adequate
Vince> emulation already.
Some do, but not all, in some cases it's not even possible to emulate.
Vince> If you need to detect the m68k's cpu, parse down lower where my
Vince> patch keeps the "old" cpuinfo, down with the arch dependent
Vince> stuff. It's no different than searching for mmx or 3dnow.
Vince> Once we put too much up top we ruin the entire point of the
Vince> patch.
Adding a new scheme on top of the old one is silly, either clean it up
or don't do it at all.
Jes
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