Re: change in the kernel

From: Erik Mouw (J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2000 - 13:26:09 EST

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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:35:49 +0000 (GMT), Mohamed Sridi wrote:
> i have a redhat 6.2 with processor tupy pentuim 686 unknow (i got it when
> i type the command uname -a)
> i want to change this processor to pentuim 586 . i don't how .
> if anyone can know how help me please.

Uname is a userland utility, so there is no need to change the kernel.
The "unknown" in the output comes from the CPU type. IIRC, uname is in the
GNU sh-utils package. The kernel should detect the CPU type correct, try
'cat /proc/cpuinfo' to find out.

Erik

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