Re: cyrix detection still a bit porked in 2.2.0-pre1

Linus Torvalds (jcald@lake.ml.org)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:51:22 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > The latest patch i have seen against a 2.1 series kernel was for 2.1.65,
> > and of course it doesnt apply at all to 2.2.
>
> Does 2.2.0pre1ac1 (ftp.linux.org.uk:/pub/linux/alan/2.2pre for the patch)
> fix this one ?
>
>

Indeed it does!

root@harman[~]:--uname -a
Linux harman.lake.ml.org 2.2.0-pre1 #4 Tue Dec 29 13:16:39 MST 1998 i686
unknown
root@harman[~]:--cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : CyrixInstead
cpu family : 6
model : 1
model name : 6x86MX 2.5x Core/Bus Clock
stepping : 4
cpu MHz : 0.00
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu de tsc msr cx8 pge cmov mmx
bogomips : 166.30

although the cpu mhz doesnt work.... but i seem to remember something
prevented that from working in the first place.

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