Subject: Re: PR/35302: Wrong Intel CPUs features display
To: None <port-amd64@NetBSD.org>
From: Nicolas Joly <njoly@pasteur.fr>
List: port-amd64
Date: 03/07/2007 00:00:51
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 07:13:46PM +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:41:29PM +0100, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:37:06PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> > [...]
> > > I was asked, offline, if i can commit my changes to fix Intel CPUs
> > > features display (PR/35302).
> > > 
> > > Here is an updated version for -current, as the one in the PR does not
> > > apply cleanly anymore.
> > > 
> > > Any objection ?
> > 
> > No.  Looks just fine to commit.
> 
> The only problem is that it changes amd64 and not i386 too.

i386 does not have the problem; it support Intel CPUs for quite a long
time, and display correct CPUs features.

> IMHO we should move this function into x86.

I'm not sure for the whole function, but indeed some parts could be
shared.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.