Re: IA-32 (was Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4)

2000-10-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
"Barry K. Nathan" wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Alan Cox wrote: > > [snip] > > > > ia32 is an intel trademark. Using it for non intel products is probably an > > > actionable matter .. > > > > > > > Yet another reason to ignore it. > > Speaking of using it for non-Intel products, thi

IA-32 (was Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4)

2000-10-27 Thread Barry K. Nathan
H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: [snip] > > ia32 is an intel trademark. Using it for non intel products is probably an > > actionable matter .. > > > > Yet another reason to ignore it. Speaking of using it for non-Intel products, this is a line from Documentation/Changes in Linux 2.4.

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Alan Cox wrote: > > > > True enough, personally I prefer "x86". > > > > ia32 is the official name. OTOH, i[3-6]86 _are_ different beasts... > > ia32 is an intel trademark. Using it for non intel products is probably an > actionable matter .. > Yet another reason to ignore it. -hpa --

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-27 Thread Alan Cox
> > True enough, personally I prefer "x86". > > ia32 is the official name. OTOH, i[3-6]86 _are_ different beasts... ia32 is an intel trademark. Using it for non intel products is probably an actionable matter .. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the bo

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Horst von Brand wrote: > > "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said: > > Alan Cox wrote: > > [...] > > > > > We should never have used anything but "i386" as the utsname... sigh. > > > > Its questionable if we should include the 'i' > > > True enough, personally I prefer "x86". > > ia32 is t

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-27 Thread Horst von Brand
"H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said: > Alan Cox wrote: [...] > > > We should never have used anything but "i386" as the utsname... sigh. > > Its questionable if we should include the 'i' > True enough, personally I prefer "x86". ia32 is the official name. OTOH, i[3-6]86 _are_ different b

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-27 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Alan Cox wrote: > > > > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" > > > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix > > > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) > > > > > > > We should never have used anything but "i386" as the utsna

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-27 Thread Tim Riker
Alan Cox wrote: > > > > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" > > > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix > > > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) > > > > > > > We should never have used anything but "i386" as the utsna

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-27 Thread Alan Cox
> > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" > > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix > > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) > > > > We should never have used anything but "i386" as the utsname... sigh. Its questionable

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-23 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > >> > * include/asm-i386/elf.h: > >> > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" > >> > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix > >> > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) > >> > > >> > >> We should never have used anyth

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-22 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Pavel Machek wrote: >> > * include/asm-i386/elf.h: >> > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" >> > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix >> > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) >> > >> >> We shoul

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-22 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > * include/asm-i386/elf.h: > > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" > > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix > > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) > > > > We should never have used anything but "i386" as the

Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-19 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Mikael Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > * include/asm-i386/elf.h: > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix > which went

[PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

2000-10-19 Thread Mikael Pettersson
This patch should fix the Pentium IV and other CPU detection glitches which remain in test10-pre4. The necessary fixes are: * arch/i386/kernel/setup.c: - (Pentium IV) don't goto name_decoded, return instead; otherwise x86_model_id which was grabbed from the extended cpuid levels will be