[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] CPU detection related

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 5/14/06, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 08:28:15PM +0800, Zuxy Meng wrote:
> >
> > I hope this works. Test with your K6-3+ first:-) It has builtin name string.
>
> before:
> CPU: Advanced Micro Devices K6-2+/K6-III+ Sharptooth (Family: 5, Stepping: 0)
>
> after:
> CPU: AMD-K6(tm)-III Processor (Family: 5, Model: 13, Stepping: 0)
>
> Hmm, there is a difference between a K6-III and a K6-III+, so a little
> bit of information got lost...

In a certain way, yes, but the triplet Family, Model, Stepping is
enough if you need to really know what model you are using.

Zuxy, do you think it could be possible to take the information from
the table if they exist, and fallback to built-in name string?

Guillaume
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