Re: [PATCH] Cyrix MII cpuid returns stale %ecx

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <20041203090843.GA25528@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
By author:    Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:07:55PM -0700, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > This patch is for the following bug, thanks to Ondrej Zary for 
> > reporting, testing and submitting a patch.
> > 
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3767
> > 
> > It appears that the Cyrix MII won't touch %ecx at all resulting in stale 
> > data being returned as extended attributes, so clear ecx before issuing 
> > the cpuid. I have also made the capability print code display all the 
> > capability words for easier debugging in future.
> 
> Can you please change cpuid() on x86-64 too?
> 
> I think it would be also better to not printk the capabilities
> at all or only with a special kernel option. Normally they are
> not needed, but they clutter up the boot  log.
> 

Since this is a bug fix for Cyrix MII, which isn't x86-64, it seems
pointless to do it for x86-64.

	-hpa
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