[ILUG] Linux community insulted by Intel with P4

[Noel Carroll]

> 
> Someone called Brian Cullen said on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 
> 10:28:24AM -0000:
> > Read that article, the register takes any chance to slag 
> Intel and M$ 
> > 
> > Like most I like bad press for Intel and M$, 
> > 
> Even when it's contrived, like most of theregister's nitpickery?
> 
> Intel have the right to change their CPUID numbering scheme 
> if they like, and
> if the linux developers are being pigheaded about it, and not 
> keeping up to
> date, then that's their fault.
> 
> I'm sure there are fixes out there for the developers' 
> mistake. All is well.
> 
> 	- DoC

Indeed!  One article I read had Intel saying that the information was
released to all relevant persons in good time.  In any case its a patchable
issue and I believe those exact patches are being prepared, and are even
avalilable in some cases, as we speak.