Re: NexGen detection
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:14:00 +0100 (BST)
> This is cheating -- a 5th family processor ought to support wp. Some
> startup code might rely on this fact and may allow a kernel compiled for a
> 486 or a 586 to boot on your machine. You need to be careful when
> preparing any patches -- I'd suggest overriding the family to be "3" for
> "NexGenDriven" CPUs.
We check the WP directly so that is ok.
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