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From: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: Identifying Intel Atom Z500PT
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:56:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090408065652.GV5367@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0904080251540.21577@localhost.localdomain>

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 02:56:04AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Does anyone have an idea how to properly identify an Atom Z500PT cpu?
> > The get_model_name() mechanics in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c uses
> > cpuid() to find out about the brand id, which is "Genuine Intel(R) CPU"
> > with family 6 and model 28.
>
> AFAICT cpuid() is the way to get the model name. If it returns
> "Genuine Intel(R) CPU" then the kernel merily prints that info.
>
> Consult your board vendor / BIOS tinkerer^Wdeveloper

Ah, that comes from the BIOS, good to know. Do you know any document
that shows what's the intended string for a Z500PT? I searched the intel
site but didn't find anything useful.

rsc
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  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-08  6:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-07 22:21 Identifying Intel Atom Z500PT Robert Schwebel
2009-04-08  0:56 ` Thomas Gleixner
2009-04-08  6:56   ` Robert Schwebel [this message]
2009-04-08 17:46 ` Michael Riepe
2009-04-08 18:24   ` Robert Schwebel

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