Re: [LI] CPU vendor detection by kernel

[Indranil Das Gupta <indradg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I don't fiddle much with kernel code... but AFAIK (correct me if I am 
wrong) the following files contain the code you are looking for -->
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c

(Hint: Use grep on the source when in doubt ... I did a grep for CPUID)

--Indra.


On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Archan Paul wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how the CPU type is detected by the linux-kernel while
> booting? Even my
> K6-II CPU is exactly detected.
> Any pointer to the exact code location in kernel source?
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