Re: [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features

From: davej@suse.de
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 20:02:41 EST

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Brian Gerst wrote...
>> I believe the MII always has CPUID enabled. It was the older Cyrixes
>> that did not. DaveJ is the guru..
> Well, according to comments in bugs.h, some broken BIOSes disable cpuid.

That bug fix is for the earlier Cyrix 6x86 if I'm not mistaken.
The MII is a different monster.

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