V2 questions
Ronald G. Minnich
rminnich at lanl.gov
Thu Jan 20 05:19:00 CET 2005
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> Whats the mapping between the various CPU models in the intel directory
> and marketing cpu names as I know them like Pentium III, P3 celeron,
> Pentuim 4, etc.
At this point I believe the marketing names are going away as they are not
specific enough, so you have to use the full name. That's about it.
> I don't completely grok the fallback and normal stuff. I know the theory but
> not practice. I know this is a FAQ. Explain it to me and I'll document it for
> the next guy.
fallback always runs the first few instructions, and it makes a decision
about whether to continue running or jump to normal.
> Why are all the payloads out of tree? Be nice if there was a payloads
> directory with some known good payloads.
well, I am supposed to put my filo in there RSN, should I do that? My
mistake ...
I would still prefer to get people to build out of the tree, but ...
ron
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