Re: 2.2.0pre1 OOPS on boot.

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:08:31 +0000 (GMT)

> In a similar vein: Alan, was rdtsc actually working in 2.2.0pre1acX, or was
> the "patch up do_{fast,slow}timeoffset" code avoiding rdtsc? And if it
> *was* working, has anyone got any idea why it worked in 2.2.0pre1acX and
> not 2.2.0pre1?

It works on my MII. It does funny things on the MediaGX (which seems to be a
486 like core with pentium extensions)

> essentially a fast 486, and the Cyrix Cx6x86 is (almost) a Pentium-class
> processor, why is a Cyrix Cx6x86 reported as i686? Shouldn't it say i586,
> since it's (nearly) Pentium-class?

Linux reports the model from cpuid, thats a '6'.

Alan

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