Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!notecnirp!nfs From: nfs@notecnirp.Princeton.EDU (Norbert Schlenker) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Intel CPU detection Summary: Where are the 10,000 readers of this newsgroup? Keywords: IBM Intel CPU FPU Message-ID: <25003@princeton.Princeton.EDU> Date: 19 Mar 90 03:05:49 GMT References: <24855@princeton.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@princeton.Princeton.EDU Reply-To: nfs@notecnirp.UUCP (Norbert Schlenker) Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Princeton University Lines: 37 In article <24855@princeton.Princeton.EDU> nfs@notecnirp.UUCP (me) writes: >I need a large variety of testers for the enclosed routines, so I'm >posting them here. The routines identify the type of Intel CPU and >math coprocessor in use by a program... What an uncommunicative bunch! Are you all too busy upgrading to 1.5.x, or doesn't anyone run Minix on Intel CPU's any more? My plea for testers garnered exactly 4 (!) replies. Let's try this once more. The current list of CPU/FPU combinations for which the detection routines work looks like this, but I sure would like more Y's and fewer ?'s. CPU FPU Real Protected ----- ----- ---- --------- 8088 None Y N/A 8088 8087 Y N/A 8086 None Y N/A 8086 8087 ? N/A V20 None ? N/A V20 8087 ? N/A V30 None Y N/A V30 8087 ? N/A 80188 None ? N/A 80186 None ? N/A 80286 None Y Y 80286 80287 Y ? 80386 None Y Y 80386 80287 ? ? 80386 80387 Y Y I would particularly like to fill in the holes for 8086/8087, V20/none, and 80286/80287 (protected mode). Somebody on the net has to be running these combinations, surely (nudge nudge). Thanks for any help you can give me. Norbert