From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:53:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:53:19 -0500 Received: from ha2.rdc2.mi.home.com ([24.2.68.69]:2282 "EHLO mail.rdc2.mi.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:53:07 -0500 Message-ID: <3A02C2FD.5A3C9899@didntduck.org> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 08:51:57 -0500 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0-test10 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Linus Torvalds , Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > > > + lea cpuid_fail_msg, %si > > + call prtstr > > +1: jmp 1b > > +cpuid_fail_msg: > > + .string "Required CPU features are not present - compile kernel for the proper CPU type." > > +cpuid_pass: > > Only one very minor suggestion > > 1: hlt > j 1b > > Q: are any of the things you test present in processors only after we > do magic 'cpuid' enable invocations ? AFAIK, none of the braindead chips have cmov instructions or PAE support (only PentiumPro+ and Athlon do). If someone can prove me wrong I'd like to know. -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/