Re: [X86] Fix up silly i1586 boot message.

H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-28T19:31:47Z

Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
>> 801586 or 81586, that is the question. Or 80F86.
>
> Hmm, 801586 should be fine as with Intel 80 used to stand for
> microprocessors and 81586 would be confusing as I think 81 was used for
> RAM devices (82 stood for peripherals, BTW). My vote is for 80F86 though,
> with "F" standing for "fast" as in the 74 TTL series. ;)
>

uname reports i686 on these chips. The rest is ridiculous.

-hpa