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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index ff87cc22b32..75015975d03 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -343,6 +343,31 @@ static void __init init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
/*
+ * Handle National Semiconductor branded processors
+ */
+static void __devinit init_nsc(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ /* There may be GX1 processors in the wild that are branded
+ * NSC and not Cyrix.
+ *
+ * This function only handles the GX processor, and kicks every
+ * thing else to the Cyrix init function above - that should
+ * cover any processors that might have been branded differently
+ * after NSC aquired Cyrix.
+ *
+ * If this breaks your GX1 horribly, please e-mail
+ * info-linux@ldcmail.amd.com to tell us.
+ */
+
+ /* Handle the GX (Formally known as the GX2) */
+
+ if (c->x86 == 5 && c->x86_model == 5)
+ display_cacheinfo(c);
+ else
+ init_cyrix(c);
+}
+
+/*
* Cyrix CPUs without cpuid or with cpuid not yet enabled can be detected
* by the fact that they preserve the flags across the division of 5/2.
* PII and PPro exhibit this behavior too, but they have cpuid available.
@@ -422,7 +447,7 @@ int __init cyrix_init_cpu(void)
static struct cpu_dev nsc_cpu_dev __initdata = {
.c_vendor = "NSC",
.c_ident = { "Geode by NSC" },
- .c_init = init_cyrix,
+ .c_init = init_nsc,
.c_identify = generic_identify,
};