Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:27:45 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4 |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Pavel Machek wrote:
>> > * include/asm-i386/elf.h: >> > - make Pentium IV and other post-P6 processors use the "i686" >> > family name (same fix as the system_utsname.machine init fix >> > which went into include/asm-i386/bugs.h in test10-pre4) >> > >> >> We should never have used anything but "i386" as the utsname... sigh. > >We stil can do that: make 2.4.0 use i386 for utsname on all x86 machines >(except x86-64 ;-), and let people adapt.
Better yet, make it use "ia32" to avoid confusion.
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