Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: Kernel cpu selection + other platforms? | Date | 22 Jul 1997 19:57:15 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.33D3BDE2.404EB0D1@netzblick.com>, Roland Steinbach <roland@netzblick.de> wrote: >Mike Jagdis wrote: > >> Why? It is pretty easy to recognise all x86 varieties (other than the >> early 486 clones) at run time and simply Do The Right Thing without >> asking the user daft questions about whether they have microcode >> bug #564 or working frozzle optimizations. > >_I_ don't want my settings be controlled by an OS,
Whyever not? Resource management is, after all, why you've got an OS in the first place.
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