Re: Cyrix 6x86L does not get identified by Linux 2.6

[Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Gregor Jasny wrote:

> on my Cyrix 6x86L (notice the L) I've got the problem that it doesn't get 
> identified as a Cyrix processor. Instead it is treated as a common 486.
> 
> I think the problem is that the cpuid feature is not enabled after booting. So 
> init_cyrix which enables the cpuid feature is never called.
> 
> As a bad hack I've set the this_cpu pointer to cyrix in 
> common.c:identify_cpu():
> 
> this_cpu = cpu_devs[X86_VENDOR_CYRIX];
> 
> Who is responsible for x86 CPU detection?

Can you identify which kernel version broke this for you?

Thanks,
	Zwane

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