Syslinux - Aug 2006 - [PATCH 1/1] : Adding long mode support to dmi

From : Erwan Velu <erwan.velu at free.fr>

This patch add the ability to read the long-mode flag from the processor.
This helps you to know if the processor is x86_64 capable or not.
So "dmi->processor.cpu_flags.lm " is a boolean that represent the
"Long
Mode" cpu flag.

It also add two bugfix :
- some cpu flags were shifted due to some "null" messages in the
structure
- the "BB" cpu type from Intel were not supported

This new code comes mainly from the Linux kernel.
Greetings are for those who wrote it.

Testing and feedback are welcome.

Signed-off-by:Erwan Velu <erwan.velu at free.fr>

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Erwan Velu wrote:
>  From : Erwan Velu <erwan.velu at free.fr>
> 
> This patch add the ability to read the long-mode flag from the processor.
> This helps you to know if the processor is x86_64 capable or not.
> So "dmi->processor.cpu_flags.lm " is a boolean that represent
the "Long
> Mode" cpu flag.
> 
Wouldn't it make more sense to have the whole set of strings for all 
CPUs instead of just a limited number?  Also, it might we worthwhile to 
have the CPUID level/model/stepping fields available.

	-hpa