[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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