> One question though: if you do CPUID on a processor which doesn't support
> it what happends? (Some early nexgens didn't support the CPUID). Mine
> survives and displays itself as vendor_id: NexGenDriven in proc.
It reboots. Thats actually why the current 2.3.x code crashes if you have
a very early Cyrix/TI 486DLC
> Any reasons not to make a patch which tries to detect a nexgen using CPUID?
If the chip indicates CPUID is supported we will try CPUID
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