/proc/cpuinfo is already a mess - it's different for different types of
processors for now already (P5-MMX: cpu: 586, model: 4, cpuid: yes etc;
for Pentium II: cpu family: 6, model: Pentium II (Klamath), cpuid level:
2). Perhaps all this should be unified, otherwise the new properties will
make it even worse.
A proposal:
processor : 0 (as is)
cpu family : 3,4,5,6,?
model : 386,486,Pentium,Pentium II,K6,K6-2, Cx... etc
vendor_id : ... (as is)
stepping : ... (as is)
... (as is)
cpuid_level : 0 (none), 1, 2 etc
...
flags : mmx 3dnow ...
Do we need ta add a different line for cpu name if cpuid gives us it?
It confused me alot at first.
What exactly do the new cpuid variants give? cpu name, l2 cache size, ...?
> BTW, any suggestions for SYSCALL+SYSRET and 3DNow!?
> syscr and 3dnow?
for 3dnow, yes. For syscr, doesn't amd have some short name for it already
in the specs? If no, then syscr should be good enough.
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Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
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