Re: Kernel cpu selection + other platforms?
Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:42:26 -0400
> oh, and before I forget - sometimes it's nice to tell if there's a CPU bug
> by disabling it's optimizations.... and you can't do that in an OS that
> automagically enables everything... (Hi Microsloth!)
Actually, you can't really say that.
There was a bug in one of the Cyrix chips (can't remember which) and on the
release of NT 4.0, disabled the L1 cache in it. If I remember right, it didn't
even bother to check stepping revs or anything.. if this chip was found.. no L1
for you!