Re: [PATCH -tip] x86: cpu/proc.c adding extended_cpuid_level for/proc/cpuinfo

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue May 12 2009 - 14:48:58 EST


Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
>> It hardly "completes" /proc/cpuinfo; especially if you consider that
>> there are at least three additional ranges in wide use (two used by a
>> single vendor only, and the third by virtualization software.)
>
> I think both vendors use the two ranges :-o).
>

No, I'm taking about the 0x8086xxxx and 0xC000xxxx used by two other
vendors (neither of which you and I work for, and at least one of which
is defunct.)

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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