Re: Pentium IV-summary

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Followup to:  <379322493.973714466779.JavaMail.root@web346-wra.mail.com>
By author:    Frank Davis <fdavis112@juno.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> 2. There's a bug in get_model_name(),
>    cpuid(0x80000001, &dummy, &dummy, &dummy, &(c->x86_capability));
> 
> that overwrites the capability state. It will be fixed in 2.2.18 by
> Dave Jones. Should we also look at Peter Anvin's fix for the problem
> that Linus mentioned? What are the other features of the Pentium IV
> should be included in the kernel pending the capability state fix?
> 

I'm working on a revamp of the i386 CPUID detection code, which will
fix this problem as a side effect.

	-hpa
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