diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/name/Makefile.inc b/src/cpu/x86/name/Makefile.inc
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+++ b/src/cpu/x86/name/Makefile.inc
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+##
+## This file is part of the coreboot project.
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2010 Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+##
+
+obj-y += name.o
+
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/name/name.c b/src/cpu/x86/name/name.c
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+++ b/src/cpu/x86/name/name.c
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+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 coresystems GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <device/device.h>
+#include <cpu/cpu.h>
+#include <cpu/x86/name.h>
+
+void fill_processor_name(char *processor_name)
+{
+	struct cpuid_result regs;
+	char temp_processor_name[49];
+	char *processor_name_start;
+	unsigned int *name_as_ints = (unsigned int *)temp_processor_name;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+		regs = cpuid(0x80000002 + i);
+		name_as_ints[i * 4 + 0] = regs.eax;
+		name_as_ints[i * 4 + 1] = regs.ebx;
+		name_as_ints[i * 4 + 2] = regs.ecx;
+		name_as_ints[i * 4 + 3] = regs.edx;
+	}
+
+	temp_processor_name[48] = 0;
+
+	/* Skip leading spaces. */
+	processor_name_start = temp_processor_name;
+	while (*processor_name_start == ' ')
+		processor_name_start++;
+
+	memset(processor_name, 0, 49);
+	strcpy(processor_name, processor_name_start);
+}