Re: [Linux-ia64] Itanium 2 flaw detection

David Mosberger
2003-05-15T16:03:48Z

>>>>> On Thu, 15 May 2003 10:37:40 +0200, Bruno Cornec <Bruno.Cornec@hp.com> said:

Bruno> Hello, Concerning the recent problem announced by Intel on
Bruno> some I2 chips, do anyone of you have a pointer to a script/C
Bruno> Code/whatever code which could give a clear answer for the
Bruno> processor on which we are running ? (I didn't had customer
Bruno> requests up yo now, but I prefer to be early :-)

I don't, but I'd like to have it, too. ;-/

Bruno> Would it be also possible to include it in the result of
Bruno> /proc/cpuinfo as it was done for pentium processor bugs some
Bruno> time ago:

Bruno> [bruno@morley ~/Download]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo [...] fdiv_bug
Bruno> : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no [...]

That only makes sense for bugs for which the kernel can do something
about. That's not the case here because there is no way for the
kernel to force the clock frequency down to 800MHz.

--david