[syslinux] [PATCH 1/1] : Adding long mode support to dmi

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Aug 30 17:14:49 PDT 2006


Erwan Velu wrote:
>  From : Erwan Velu <erwan.velu at free.fr>
> 
> This patch add the ability to read the long-mode flag from the processor.
> This helps you to know if the processor is x86_64 capable or not.
> So "dmi->processor.cpu_flags.lm " is a boolean that represent the "Long 
> Mode" cpu flag.
> 

Wouldn't it make more sense to have the whole set of strings for all 
CPUs instead of just a limited number?  Also, it might we worthwhile to 
have the CPUID level/model/stepping fields available.

	-hpa




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