> Rather than trying to work around these issues, just have the kernel > fail loudly if it's running on a CPUID-less 486, doesn't have CPUID, > and doesn't have CONFIG_M486 set.
NAK This still breaks the Geode at the very least and I think the ELAN and some of the other older socket 7 devices. These have their own config CPU type (and in some cases *need* it selected) but do not have CPUID. Given the cores without CPUID are often post 486 in other respects this seems a bit odd. In fact I can't help thinking that the problem is that sync_core tests CONFIG_M486 whereas we should have and test HAVE_CPUID and set this by processor type (M586/M486/GEODEGX1/GEODE_LX1/Cyrix plus I think ELAN not having it) I'd been wondering why Geode wasn't working on modern kernels, now I think I know 8) Alan
