Re: 2.1.119 and Cyrix detection

Ragnar Hojland Espinosa (ragnar@lightside.ddns.org)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 08:53:28 +0200 (MET DST)

On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Fuzzy Fox wrote:

> Kurt Garloff <garloff@kg1.ping.de> wrote:
> >
> > > processor : 0
> > > cpu family : 4
> > > model : 6x86MX 2.5x Core/Bus Clock
> > > vendor_id : CyrixInstead
> > > stepping : 2.6
> > > ..
> > > cpuid level : -1
> > > wp : yes
> > > flags :
> > > bogomips : 156.88

> Why aren't any of these flags detected in the 2.1 kernel? Why does 2.1
> think that a 6x86 is a cpu family of 4? I don't get it

At a first glance, it looks like cpu family and the minor number of the
stepping are swapped..

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