Re: Skeleton CPU selection information needed

Marcus B (marcus@cwi.net.au)
Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:43:07 +1000


david parsons wrote:
>
> In article <linux.kernel.19970719154232.50639@msu.edu>,
> Aaron Tiensivu <tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >I want to keep the notion of CONFIG_xx86 in the configure >scripts/etc, but
> >I'm kind of lost in respect to what to call the Pentium II.
> >
> >CONFIG_M786?
>
> No, Intel already has an 80786; it's the graphics processor chip >that
> was introduced at the same time as the 80386.
>
> What's the model number of the `pentium 2'; isn't it something like
> the 80522? (the `pentium pro' is the 80521, and the `pentium' is
> the 8050x {I think the 60/66 are 80501, while the cleaned up later
> generation is 80502}
>
> Of course many brains would pop if the config scripts were reworked
> to define CONFIG_M50x and CONFIG_M52x...
or even use Intel's CPUID levels for CONFIG_Mxxxx

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