Subject: Re: CPUID patch for recent Intel processors
To: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
From: Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/06/2002 18:16:20
Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org> writes:
> People have complaint that NetBSD doesn't properly identify their Intel
> processors. I made a patch to address that, here it is:
> + case 8:
> + if (ci->ci_brand_id && ci->ci_brand_id < 0x10)
> + ret = i386_intel_brand[ci->ci_brand_id];
The brand id is not enough to identify processors. C.f
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2002/11/09/0023.html
/Johan