Subject: Re: Pentium 2 ?
To: None <edelcamp@easynet.fr>
From: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/12/1998 10:31:25
On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 11:44:58PM +0200, Eric Delcamp wrote:
> Hi !
>
> Just for the fun, I try to boot an install disk on the new HP
> Vectra VL 6/333 serie 7. The kernel is 1.3.2 (INSTALL) #0: Fri May 29 and
> dmesg output say :
>
> cpu0: family 6 model 5 step 0
> cpu0: Intel Pentium Pro (686-class)
Yeah, the table from which the CPU type is determined lacked an entry
for the newer Pentium IIs, and hence it defaulted to "Pentium Pro"
for family #6. It is purely cosmetical, and has been fixed in -current.
- Frank