From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Pentium IV-summary
Date: 8 Nov 2000 12:36:21 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8ucdg5$npt$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
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Followup to: <379322493.973714466779.JavaMail.root@web346-wra.mail.com>
By author: Frank Davis <fdavis112@juno.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> 2. There's a bug in get_model_name(),
> cpuid(0x80000001, &dummy, &dummy, &dummy, &(c->x86_capability));
>
> that overwrites the capability state. It will be fixed in 2.2.18 by
> Dave Jones. Should we also look at Peter Anvin's fix for the problem
> that Linus mentioned? What are the other features of the Pentium IV
> should be included in the kernel pending the capability state fix?
>
I'm working on a revamp of the i386 CPUID detection code, which will
fix this problem as a side effect.
-hpa
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-08 20:14 Pentium IV-summary Frank Davis
2000-11-08 20:36 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2000-11-08 20:47 ` David Weinehall
2000-11-08 22:45 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-09 0:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-09 0:46 ` Prasanna P Subash
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2000-11-08 20:14 Frank Davis
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