From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFUi-00065z-4O for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:23:32 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFUh-00065c-2x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:23:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFUc-000608-EY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:23:30 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46660 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXFUc-000600-BK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:23:26 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:58722 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MXFUb-0001S2-Ul for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:23:26 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MXFUZ-0001Dy-DX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:23:23 +0000 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MXFUY-0005zK-AC for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:23:22 +0200 Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 16:23:22 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090801142321.GA22989@thorin> References: <20090728181513.GK32726@thorin> <20090731160748.GG14675@thorin> <1249057151.3635.6.camel@fz.local> <20090731162632.GL14675@thorin> <1249058504.3635.14.camel@fz.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1249058504.3635.14.camel@fz.local> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix CPUID documentation and return values X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:23:31 -0000 On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 06:41:44PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > Ah in the thread you said that > `if cpuid --long-mode; then ...; else ...; fi' > doestn't work. > > But I just tested this with > `if cpuid --long-mode; then echo true; else echo false; fi' > in qemu and in 32bit I get false and in 64bit I get true. Should be fine then. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."