The SIS550 chip uses the mP6 core according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP6 May be this code can improve the capability of these SIS550 system on a chip ?
But this should be a different story. Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:22:38AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 05:47:54PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 11:28:01PM +0200, Christian Volkmann wrote: > > > > > > > - Important: somebody to check other CPU types if the same behavior > happens. > > > > > > arch/i386/kernel/cpu/rise.c > > > > > > Though, I've *never* seen or even heard of someone with one of those > CPUs, > > > so whether we need to care is questionable. The mp6 did actually make it > > > to manufacture aparently, but I don't think anyone actually bought one. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_Technology for a pic of this mythical > beast. > > > > Considering that arch/i386/kernel/cpu/rise.o takes a few bytes in every > > i386 kernel image, what about removing it? > > I'll be amazed if someone complains. > We'll still boot fine on those CPUs without that support code too, > we just won't advertise cx8 to userspace, and /proc/cpuinfo > won't prettyprint the name. whoopdy-do. > > Should we actually find someone who a) has one and b) is crazy enough > to still run it today, we could always add this stuff back. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dave > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
