Subject: Re: CPU Type relevant?
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Hanspeter Roth <hanspeter_roth@hotmail.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/14/2001 22:53:44
On Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at 9:44:37 PM, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> 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.
But there is a Coppermine version isn't there?
> What version of NetBSD are you using? Here is how my P-III laptop
1.5-rlease customized.
> (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
With 1.5-release I only get one line.
Are the additional lines in the config?
Or are they from the further developped current version?
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Hanspeter