Re: Patch for K6 sep flag

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 18:03:56 +0200 (EET)

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> > TM> processor : 0
> > TM> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> > TM> cpu family : 5
> > TM> model : 8
> > TM> model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
> > TM> stepping : unknown
> >
> > Are you sure that the 'unknown' stepping is the best we can get? Do the
> > newer AMD cpus have a concept of stepping or do they have just the
> > model?
>
> You probably have an A step cpu which reports a mask version of 0. The
> kernel assumes that if the mask is 0, then it is unknown. This may be
> true for Intel chips, but not AMD.

It's not me, I have
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 6
model name : AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions
stepping : 2

I was just saying that the very above is not perfect due to the 'unknown'
line.

BTW, why do we have AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor but AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia
extensions? - notice the brackets.

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