Can't the kernel fuzz this out when its started? Do we need to initialise this pre
kernel
load?
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ronald G Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Cyrix III MTRR (Docs + Kernel Xref)
>Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 22:16:51 -0700
>
> I've been wanting to avoid this, but it looks like we'll have to have the
> LinuxBIOS mtrr code check the cpuid for cyrix. Damn.
>
> The reason is that people can jam cyrix OR PIII OR Celeron into that 370
> socket, and the cyrix has problems. We can compile the linuxbios for only
> one cpu type (Intel, Cyrix, etc.) but this will probably cause trouble
> later.
>
> I'll have to see if we can leave the initial assembly as is, and just
> deal with the problem in mtrr.c
>
>
> ron
>
>
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