On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 08:10:02 -0500
Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org> wrote:

> 
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 07:54:45AM -0500, Tim Kelly wrote:
> > Now it'd be nice to figure out how a CPU that has an unrecognized
> > version will get the CPU speed measured, as well as having an L2
> > cache listed.

I should have phrased that as "why a CPU" instead of "how a CPU." That
would have been clearer.

> I think it would be a bit foolish to try and make assumptions about
> new chips, which is what I think we'd have to do to deal with them
> before they're documented.

Which was my point, as the testing of these values on an unrecognized
CPU was not a good thing.

tim