Subject: Re: CVS commit: syssrc/sys/arch/i386/i386
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
From: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 12/08/2002 19:39:54
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 01:44:57PM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 01:16:05AM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> > is it needed to have strings for P4 and later processors?
> > brand string provided by cpuid insn isn't enough?
> 
> It is only available with P4.

One more note:

A better reason is that it is more reliable to use brand id number and
Intel also recommends that you do so.

Jun-Young

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Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>