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From: Android <android@abac.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.18 release notes
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:24:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <00121121242201.00885@cy60022-a> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E145f1E-0000a9-00@the-village.bc.nu>
In-Reply-To: <E145f1E-0000a9-00@the-village.bc.nu>

>           ... added basic support for the Pentium IV. Unfortunately Intel 
chose to
>           ignore all precedent in model numbering via cpuid and report a
>           family of '15'. This sudden jump broke assumptions in the
>           kernel tree without any warning. Intel have failed to provide
>           good reasons for their change. We have chosen to continue to
>           report the Pentium IV as a '686' class processor. The full
>           family data is provided via cpuinfo.
>
>           In addition the early Pentium IV chips appear to have some
>           problems. You should be using stepping 7 or higher processors
>           with the latest shipping microcode update if you wish to run
>           Linux on a Pentium IV processor.
>
>           + Intel Pentium IV support


How is the Pentium IV more advanced than the Pentium III, other than speed?
Why would LInux care about a 1500 MHz clock or 400 MHz bus speed?
Just treat the PIV as a faster PIII. 

                                  -- Ted
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  reply	other threads:[~2000-12-12  5:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-12-12  2:18 Linux 2.2.18 release notes Alan Cox
2000-12-11 21:24 ` Android [this message]
2000-12-12  5:39   ` Peter Samuelson
2000-12-12 10:30     ` Bruce Korb
2000-12-12 12:28     ` Alan Cox
2000-12-13  1:24     ` Igmar Palsenberg
2000-12-13  1:28       ` Mark Hahn
2000-12-12  3:30 ` Paul Fulghum
2000-12-12  3:47   ` Peter Samuelson
2000-12-12 12:26     ` Alan Cox
2000-12-12 12:28       ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2000-12-12 11:31   ` David Weinehall

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