From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 08:51:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A02C2FD.5A3C9899@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E13rgMG-0003Uc-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > + lea cpuid_fail_msg, %si
> > + call prtstr
> > +1: jmp 1b
> > +cpuid_fail_msg:
> > + .string "Required CPU features are not present - compile kernel for the proper CPU type."
> > +cpuid_pass:
>
> Only one very minor suggestion
>
> 1: hlt
> j 1b
>
> Q: are any of the things you test present in processors only after we
> do magic 'cpuid' enable invocations ?
AFAIK, none of the braindead chips have cmov instructions or PAE support
(only PentiumPro+ and Athlon do). If someone can prove me wrong I'd
like to know.
--
Brian Gerst
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-03 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-03 2:21 [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features Brian Gerst
2000-11-03 12:54 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-03 13:51 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2000-11-03 23:08 ` Brian Gerst
2000-11-04 0:23 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-04 1:28 ` Brian Gerst
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2000-11-04 1:01 davej
2000-11-04 1:02 davej
2000-11-04 2:53 ` Brian Gerst
2000-11-04 2:07 ` davej
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