From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: davej@suse.de
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 21:53:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A037A2B.41D6AAA@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011040101090.6163-100000@neo.local>
davej@suse.de wrote:
>
> Brian Gerst wrote...
> >> I believe the MII always has CPUID enabled. It was the older Cyrixes
> >> that did not. DaveJ is the guru..
> > Well, according to comments in bugs.h, some broken BIOSes disable cpuid.
>
> That bug fix is for the earlier Cyrix 6x86 if I'm not mistaken.
> The MII is a different monster.
According to the docs on VIA's site, the MII's cpuid can still be turned
off, but it is on by default at reset. I wouldn't trust the BIOS to not
screw it up.
--
Brian Gerst
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-04 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-04 1:02 [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features davej
2000-11-04 2:53 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2000-11-04 2:07 ` davej
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2000-11-04 1:01 davej
2000-11-03 2:21 Brian Gerst
2000-11-03 12:54 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-03 13:51 ` Brian Gerst
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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