Re: [AD] CPU info changes

[Bob <ohannessian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Vincent Penquerc'h wrote:

>  > * cpu_id will be of the form:
>  > "Intel Pentium III (686, model 5 stepping 6)", which should
>  > be read as:
>  >
>  > sscanf("%s %s (%i, model %i stepping %i", cpu_vendor,
>  > cpu_class, cpu_name,
>  > &cpu_family, &cpu_model, &cpu_stepping);
>
> Is this format somehow enforced by the Intel docs, or could it
> be slightly different for newer CPUs ?


No, the format is made up by me, so feel free to comment on it :)
To a reasonable extent, I'll make it compatible with the Itanium and the 
Hammer, so that should give us a few years before it'll need changing :)


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