Re: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Tue, 19 May 1998 00:10:50 +0200 (MET DST)

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> if (boot_cpu_data.x86_capability & 16) {
> ...
>
> and that's it. Look at how 2.1.102 handles this: the cyrix-specific
> setup code will zero out the TSC bit from the capability mask, because
> Cyrix in essense does not _have_ a TSC that is correct.

But you're loosing the one bit of information: this chip claims to
have a TSC.

There should be another flag that says that we cleared that bit
(something like tsc_buggy). All other CPU "problems" are reported in
/proc/cpuinfo. Why should this one be different?

Roger. 

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