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From: Bruce Korb <bkorb@cruzio.com>
To: Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>
Cc: Android <android@abac.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.18 release notes
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 02:30:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A35FE31.533C3066@cruzio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E145f1E-0000a9-00@the-village.bc.nu> <00121121242201.00885@cy60022-a> <20001211233956.F3199@cadcamlab.org>

Peter Samuelson wrote:
> 
>   [AC]
> > >           ... added basic support for the Pentium IV.
> [Android]
> > 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.
> 
> It all sounds so simple, right?  Several small things to worry about:

> - maybe they'll need to patch lm_sensors to accommodate the increased
>   temperature range since the P4 runs so hot. (: (:

Did someone go through the kernel and fix spin/wait's & spin/halt's
with new magic instructions?  I remember Intel itself was working on
it, but I do not know if it was 2.4 only or 2.2 + 2.4.
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  reply	other threads:[~2000-12-12 11:02 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
2000-12-12  5:39   ` Peter Samuelson
2000-12-12 10:30     ` Bruce Korb [this message]
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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