Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 19:51:16 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Pentium II released Message-ID: <199705290951.TAA05150@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>Bruce, do you think you can add a code to disable the FP-copy when the >chip is a 586-class but not from "GenuineIntel" (or whatever)? The >only 586-class non-Intel CPU out there is the K6 (K5 too?), right? CPU_M2 also has class CPU_586. I don't know if the K6 is a CPU_586 or a CPU_M2. It's not really either. The FP-copy attachment code shouldn't know about this. It should run some tests and pick the fastest method. Bruce
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