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DateSun, 4 Jan 1998 18:21:38 +1000 (EST)
FromDavid Burrows <>
SubjectRe: /proc/cpuinfo a bit broken in 2.1.76
> On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Martin Mares wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > I am running 2.1.76 on an i486dx33 with 8mb ram.  It is an ip masq box for
> > > my local network, and it functions perfectly..  Anyway, this is the output
> > > of cat /proc/cpuinfo.
> > > 
> > > processor       : 0
> > > cpu family      : 4
> > > model           : unknown
> [...]
> >    Hmmm... I don't see anything wrong in it. Old Intel 486's don't have
> > a CPUID instruction, so the vendor ID cannot be determined.
> > 
> > 				Have a nice fortnight
> 
> Did /proc/cpuinfo work before?  (Since your running the current 2.1 kernel,
> I assume that this isn't your first kernel...)
> 
> 	-=- James Mastros

Actually, although I'm not certain, I think what confused me is that it
used to say "486" on a stock RedHat 5.0 installation. (eg 2.0.32)

I must've skipped over it blindly and thought it said CPU family 0 or
something, because it was missing 486 and just had family 4.

Dave.


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