> Why not have "model name" with the text name, like on ia32? > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 15 > model : 4 > model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz > stepping : 1 This sounds like an excellent plan. We can even use the new (in SDM2.2 p. 2:345) PAL_BRAND_INFO call to get the right (Intel marketting/legal approved) string. For older systems that don't implement PAL_BRAND_INFO we could have some fallback code that decodes family/model to Merced/McKinley/Madison. -Tony - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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