[PATCH] Re: Discrepancies between /proc/cpuinfo and Dave J's x86info

[Hugh Dickins]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> This patch (against 247pre6) should keep the cpuinfo in sync with the real
> state of the CPU..

Am I paranoid?  I feel nervous about "c->cpuid_level--" inferring
what we expect to happen to it, would prefer to check it (below).

Hugh

--- linux-2.4.7-pre6/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	Wed Jul 11 11:23:22 2001
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	Wed Jul 11 15:02:17 2001
@@ -1994,6 +1994,7 @@
 		wrmsr(0x119,lo,hi);
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "CPU serial number disabled.\n");
 		clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_PN, &c->x86_capability);
+		c->cpuid_level = cpuid_eax(0);
 	}
 }