On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:23:36 -0600, "Myles Watson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Yes, it tries without the mask, i.e for 681 - 68f it tries 680. Then, > if >> > that does not match, it dies with "Unknown CPU". >> > There is no failsafe nor fallback involved. What makes you think there >> > is? It just means adding 1 entry to the table instead of 16. >> > >> Ok, if it is not a _fail_safe_ or _fall_back_ why don't we just always do >> this as a default? > My understanding is that barring errata, the stepping shouldn't matter. > Just in case it does, we check it. If there isn't a specific entry for the > stepping, we go to the "normal" case of using the ops without the stepping > information. > Correct, I get that.
>> Why print out a "generic" message? > I think it just means "not-stepping-specific" > I like your verbage alot better than "generic". Or even "default" would be better than "generic". -- Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
