[coreboot] Dont filter supported CPUs on a mainboard by the CPUID
Timothy Pearson
tpearson at raptorengineering.com
Thu Feb 23 00:52:04 CET 2017
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On 02/22/2017 05:49 PM, i1w5d7gf38keg at tutanota.com wrote:
> Thanks for the information. Then maybe just dont stop booting when
> CPUID is missing. Just add a line to the coreboot log. Something like:
> "WARNING: Unknown CPU ID detected. Please report to the coreboot mailing
> lists if the machine is working fine"
>
> Then you still have the same functionality as you told. CPUs that
> require different handling on different revisions can still be
> maintained different.
>
> People are also way more motivated to report some unstable working CPUs
> then when they flash coreboot and the system simply didnt work at all
> and without reading the logfiles it looks like its completely dead (no
> screen, nothing, just fans are on).
And with that, I'll turn this over for the other members on the list to
comment on this suggestion. I don't care strongly one way or another,
provided the warning is at ALERT status so it shows up even with logging
mostly disabled.
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Timothy Pearson
Raptor Engineering
+1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line)
+1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard)
https://www.raptorengineering.com
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