[syslinux] Extremely broken BIOS detected

[H. Peter Anvin]

Leif W wrote:
> 
> Not sure if I was clear or if there's a misunderstanding.  The BIOS 
> recognizes the CPU and displays a friendly string, but the Linux does 
> not.  I was thinking maybe the friendly string for my CPU just wasn't in 
> the kernel's recognition code yet?
> 

There *IS* no kernel recognition code!  The kernel gets this string from
CPUID.  On AMD processors, this string is entered by the processor into
the CPU via MSRs.

> If ASUS truly has mucked both El Torito and AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 
> recognition, it makes me wonder what else they broke in 1004.  I suppose 
> I'll double check by downloading the BIOS from all mirrors and 
> comparing, and trying different floppies, and different update tools 
> (ASUS has several BIOS update options), and possibly roll back a version 
> and see what happens.

	-hpa