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Date:      Sat, 15 Jan 2000 16:56:35 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tanimura@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Takuma Yamada <fuzzy2@st.rim.or.jp>, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c 
Message-ID:  <46368.947984195@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Jan 2000 23:17:40 GMT." <200001152317.XAA03461@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> 

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> I think the ``/'' is meant to mean ``OR''.  This is certainly the 
> case for Pentium II/Celeron.  I believe the only difference is the 
> cache size.  The cache size can be determined with a single CPUID 
> instruction, but the powers that be don't agree that we should be 
> more specific when identifying CPUs that are the same for all intents 
> and purposes.

The profusion of products in this space may cause the powers-that-be
to change their minds about that too. :-)

- Jordan


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