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Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 01:10:53 +0100 (BST) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Subject: Re: [X86] Fix up silly i1586 boot message. On Wed, 28 May 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Hmm, 801586 should be fine as with Intel 80 used to stand for > > microprocessors and 81586 would be confusing as I think 81 was used for > > RAM devices (82 stood for peripherals, BTW). My vote is for 80F86 though, > > with "F" standing for "fast" as in the 74 TTL series. ;) > > > > uname reports i686 on these chips. The rest is ridiculous. Intel started it first with picking up a ridiculous number for the family ID for the P4 line. There is no technical justification for not keeping these numbers consecutive. Or keeping it at 6 actually if the P4 is meant to be seen by software as the Pentium Pro and the rest of the P6 gang. Maciej -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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