From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue May 2 23:33:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78DC37B50E; Tue, 2 May 2000 23:33:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA31425; Tue, 2 May 2000 23:33:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 23:33:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Kelly Yancey Cc: dwhite@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/14440: update to identcpu.c to "support" AMD K7's In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 2 May 2000, Kelly Yancey wrote: > On Tue, 2 May 2000 dwhite@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > > Synopsis: update to identcpu.c to "support" AMD K7's > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > > State-Changed-By: dwhite > > State-Changed-When: Tue May 2 22:28:13 PDT 2000 > > State-Changed-Why: > > identcpu.c just reads the model string right out of the CPU instead of > > trying to key against a cpuid. Therefore this patch is not needed. > > > > Thanks, finally. :) I thought Mike Smith had something to this affect (only > after I filed the PR). I'm curious though, and I'll have to research the > original thread, because this patch was inspired by a complaint on -hackers > (or was it -current) that his Athlon wasn't being identified as such. > My next question is whether this is specific to Athlons or can identcpu.c be > further reduced? If you hunt for your WTALLOC block, below that is a set of memcpy()s -- I assume that is what does the deed. Best to start your search there :) Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message