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Subject: Re: [patch] extending {amd64|i386} cpu info
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On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de> wrote:
> hi there,
>
> i always forget how to decipher model and family from the cpu id. of course
> there're 3rd party tools to do that for you, but instead i decided to hack the
> kernel. ;)
>
> maybe somebody finds these changes useful.

    I think that this is very helpful functionality and I vote for it
to be committed.
Thanks!
-Garrett