From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Donny Cooper" Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 20:42:35 +0000 Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] cpuinfo family changed in 2.4.7 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org David, What about the recently added "arch" field for 2.4.7, will it stay consistent in the kernel throughout each chip generation for Intel 64-bit. Currently --> arch : IA-64 Thanks. Donny -----Original Message----- From: linux-ia64-admin@linuxia64.org [mailto:linux-ia64-admin@linuxia64.org]On Behalf Of David Mosberger Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:40 AM To: dcooper@atcc.necsys.com Cc: !IA64-Dist-Linuxia64 (E-mail) Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] cpuinfo family changed in 2.4.7 >>>>> On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:35:01 -0600, "Donny Cooper" said: Donny> Hello, The value of /proc/cpuinfo "family" field has changed Donny> in standard IA-64 kernel since 2.4.7. ("IA-64" -> "Itanium" Donny> or "McKinley") Donny> Is this field expected any further changes in the future, or Donny> are these the final values for this architecture. "Itanium" is pretty much final. I'm less certain about McKinley, as that's just a code name. --david _______________________________________________ Linux-IA64 mailing list Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64