On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:37:02PM +0100, Hanspeter Roth wrote:

 > how relevant is the determined CPU type?
 > I have a Celeron and I get different reports from different OSs.
 > 
 > from NetBSD:
 > cpu0: Intel Pentium III (E) (686-class)

The Celeron is a P-III type CPU.  If OpenBSD and Linux report it as a
Coppermine, then I would say they are mis-identifying the CPU.

What version of NetBSD are you using?  Here is how my P-III laptop
(IBM ThinkPad T20) is reported in -current:

cpu0: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) (686-class), 497.85 MHz
cpu0: I-cache 16K 32b/line 4-way, D-cache 16K 32b/line 2/4-way
cpu0: L2 cache 256K 32b/line 8-way
cpu0: features 387f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features 387f9ff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,FGPAT,PSE36,PN,MMX,FXSR,XMM>
cpu0: serial number 0000-0683-0003-ED32-BCE5-A2A1

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