On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > currently the kernel panics when it boots on an unknown CPU model > (with an unknown PRID). Based on the assumption that the majority > of newly supported CPU will conform to Release 2 standard, I wrote > the appended patch which handles unknown CPUs as R2. It isn't > completely bulletproof, as (yet unsupported) non-R1/R2 CPUs may > use the AT config bits for different purposes. I still think this > is good enough a test. Good idea in general, but do we have to rely on the undefined? How about this: > + /* Panic if this isn't a Release 2 CPU. */ > + if (!((read_c0_config() & MIPS_CONF_AT) >> 13)) { if (!(current_cpu_data.isa_level & (MIPS_CPU_ISA_M64R2 | MIPS_CPU_ISA_M32R2))) { instead for example? Maciej