> I got a report from an user of one of my programs that his /proc/cpuinfo
> doesn't identify his processor properly on his 2.2.6 kernel.
>
> --report--
> Got this for my IBM PS/1 with a intel 486SX-33 (may be 25)
>
> Linux netpimp 2.2.6 #1 Mon Apr 19 21:46:05 EDT 1999
>
> netpimp:/# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : unknown <-- LOOK!!
> cpu family : 4
> model : 0
> model name : unknown
> stepping : unknown
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> sep_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> fpu : no
> fpu_exception : no
> cpuid level : -1
> wp : yes
> flags :
> bogomips : 16.54
> --end--
>
> I think this isn't right, isn't it?!?!
>
This chip probably doen't have a vendor ID. A lot of the SX chips
were "strange" so say the least. It looks as though the code did
the best it could. The cpuid level shows the register isn't even
written.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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