On 29-Oct-01 cameron grant wrote:
>> > from what i can see, identcpu.c fetches the cpu name using a cpuid
>> > instruction.
>>
>> The part cpuid gives you is "AuthenticAMD".
>> The fancy name is determined by switching on the Id.
>
>
> read identcpu.c. you are correct for k6 and lesser process
> > from what i can see, identcpu.c fetches the cpu name using a cpuid
> > instruction.
>
> The part cpuid gives you is "AuthenticAMD".
> The fancy name is determined by switching on the Id.
read identcpu.c. you are correct for k6 and lesser processors. the code in
question is around line 323:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 10:29:00AM -0800, matt wrote:
> any one know if my 4.3 stable work with all AMD
> processors, as well as with SMP enabled?
Yes it will. I certifed 4.3 RELEASE (and thus 4.3-STABLE) on the SMP
Thunder for AMD.
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>AFAIK, not quite. The core name is Palomino and there are three
>processors based on it: Athlon XP, Athlon MP and Duron.
The AMD Athlon XP, MP, and mobile Athlon4 are based on the Palomino
core. The 1Ghz+ Durons are based on the Morgan core, a Palomino
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>how about the following patch (untested) regarding the newer athlon xp
>processor type ? if needed, I could submit a PR.
AthlonXP is same as AthlonMP. It's better of the name "palomino",
isn't it? (But "morgan" Duron will have same featur
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 02:30:40 +0200 (CEST), Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> Peter Wemm wrote:
> > Jerry A! wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 10:00:44PM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> > > : Hi,
> > > :
> > > : how about the following patch (untested) regarding the newer athlon xp
> > > : processor type
Peter Wemm wrote:
> Jerry A! wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 10:00:44PM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
> > : Hi,
> > :
> > : how about the following patch (untested) regarding the newer athlon xp
> > : processor type ? if needed, I could submit a PR.
> >
> > Shouldn't Athlons and AthlonXPs be a
> > Shouldn't Athlons and AthlonXPs be able to use i686 (pentiumpro)
> > instruction set optimizations?
>
>No. They are different cpu cores that have different optimization
>strategies.
Yes, all Athlons can use i686 code while the k6's can't. Further, without
doing any scientific testing, I w
