Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:57:00 -0700 (MST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Cyrix MII cpuid returns stale %ecx |
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:07:55PM -0700, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > This patch is for the following bug, thanks to Ondrej Zary for > > reporting, testing and submitting a patch. > > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3767 > > > > It appears that the Cyrix MII won't touch %ecx at all resulting in stale > > data being returned as extended attributes, so clear ecx before issuing > > the cpuid. I have also made the capability print code display all the > > capability words for easier debugging in future. > > Can you please change cpuid() on x86-64 too? > > I think it would be also better to not printk the capabilities > at all or only with a special kernel option. Normally they are > not needed, but they clutter up the boot log.
Isn't the KERN_DEBUG prefix sufficient?
Thanks, Zwane
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