Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 23:33:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> Cc: dwhite@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/14440: update to identcpu.c to "support" AMD K7's Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005022332250.78007-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005022325510.5592-100000@gateway.posi.net>
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On Tue, 2 May 2000, Kelly Yancey wrote: > On Tue, 2 May 2000 dwhite@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > > Synopsis: update to identcpu.c to "support" AMD K7's > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > > State-Changed-By: dwhite > > State-Changed-When: Tue May 2 22:28:13 PDT 2000 > > State-Changed-Why: > > identcpu.c just reads the model string right out of the CPU instead of > > trying to key against a cpuid. Therefore this patch is not needed. > > > > Thanks, finally. :) I thought Mike Smith had something to this affect (only > after I filed the PR). I'm curious though, and I'll have to research the > original thread, because this patch was inspired by a complaint on -hackers > (or was it -current) that his Athlon wasn't being identified as such. > My next question is whether this is specific to Athlons or can identcpu.c be > further reduced? If you hunt for your WTALLOC block, below that is a set of memcpy()s -- I assume that is what does the deed. Best to start your search there :) Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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