Subject: Re: CPUID patch for recent Intel processors
To: Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>
From: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/07/2002 02:59:34
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 02:35:48AM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:16:20PM +0100, Johan Danielsson wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Could you provide me with dmesg output with CPUDEBUG enabled kernel?

Now you don't have to set CPUDEBUG to see CPU signature any longer. Update
machdep.c and just rebuild your kernel.

Jun-Young

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Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>