[ILUG] Linux community insulted by Intel with P4

[Brian Cullen]

Read that article, the register takes any chance to slag Intel and M$ 

Like most I like bad press for Intel and M$, 

Regards,

/Brian Cullen

-----Original Message-----
From: Scanlan, Brian (5188) [mailto:Brian.Scanlan at digifone.com]
Sent: 14 December 2000 10:25
To: 'Dave O Connor'; Brian Cullen
Cc: 'ilug at linux.ie'; 'eeipshy at eei.ericsson.se'
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Linux community insulted by Intel with P4


Kinda-ish. Intel broke the CPUID numbering pattern without
really telling anybody. Hence "old" kernels in distros 
don't detect CPU, hence no boot.

The Register give a good slagging to Intel, about why they
haven't figured out howto let the Linux kernel people
know about their new CPUID scheme.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/15441.html

Don't blame something on malice when it's just stupidity ;)

Brian.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave O Connor [mailto:doc at redbrick.dcu.ie]
Sent: 14 December 2000 10:03
To: Brian Cullen
Cc: 'ilug at linux.ie'; 'eeipshy at eei.ericsson.se'
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Linux community insulted by Intel with P4


Someone called Brian Cullen said on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 09:03:39AM -0000:
> I am sure most of you have already heard there are major problems with the
> P4 from our friends at Chipzilla. They have changed the CPUID model
> numbering. It is family 15 now, distos that will work are RH7, SUSE7 and
> TurboLinux.
> 
I was under the impression that it was the distribution vendors that didn't
bother updating their CPUID databases. Nothing to do with intel.


	- DoC


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