[PATCH] Re: CPU name for "pure" i386 missing

[Cesar Eduardo Barros]

I've made a patch to fix the problem. I've not even compiled it yet (I might do
it later).

--- linux-2.4.2.orig/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	Tue Feb 27 10:17:18 2001
+++ linux-2.4.2/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	Tue Feb 27 11:04:54 2001
@@ -1996,6 +1996,15 @@
 	case X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN:
 	default:
 		/* Not much we can do here... */
+		/* Check if at least it has cpuid */
+		if (c->cpuid_level == -1)
+		{
+			/* No cpuid. It must be an ancient CPU */
+			if (c->x86 == 4)
+				strcpy(c->x86_model_id, "486");
+			else if (c->x86 == 3)
+				strcpy(c->x86_model_id, "386");
+		}
 		break;
 
 	case X86_VENDOR_CYRIX:

-- 
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