Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

Mark Lord
2008-09-09T17:17:35Z

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> writes:
>
>> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
>>
>>> - "modern 32-bit": PPro and better. Can take CMOV, MMX and TSC for
>>> granted.
>> VIA C3 (Samuel 2/Ezra, 600 - 1000 MHz?, common on VIA EPIA-*: home
>> theatres etc) can't CMOV.
>
> AFAIK they fixed that in newer BIOS with a microcode update. It's
> slow, but it works.
..

Our firewall here uses a Via C3-600 CPU, and CMOV has never worked on it.
But based upon your posting, I have today upgraded the BIOS to the
latest (2004) version.

Now.. how can I check whether CMOV works or not? It's not listed in /proc/cpuinfo.

Thanks