Re: Updated 2.4 TODO List

From: Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 01:56:08 EST


tytso@mit.edu wrote:
> Maybe we should have the kernel print the CPU information it was
> compiled with before it does anything else..... It'll make it easier to
> catch what may be a fairly common set of PEBCAK case....

I was told that "printing" anything was out of the question, as the
"printing" routine doesn't work: It would contain 686 instructions,
which wouldn't work on the Pentium.

                                Roger.

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