Linux Developer (Phillip) wrote:
>
> > This patch will:
> > 1) Correctly reset the 6x86(L) SLOP flag so that bogomips are correctly
> > calculated on boot (on 6x86 CPUs, bogomips should _always_ be reported
> > as the core clock rate +/- 1 MHz).
>
> This is chipset dependant.
No, it's not. Your motherboard BIOS is either screwing something up or
you have a very strange CMOS setup.
But please, please apply my patch. You obviously haven't applied it yet,
and this may be the reason you are getting these wierd bogomips ratings.
...
>
> > 2) Correctly identify and report _all_ 6x86 CPU models and steppings in
> > /proc/cpuinfo. This is new code _not_ based on Mike Jagdis' patch, so
> > reports of (pos/neg) results are welcome.
>
> Hrmm..
>
> processor : 0
> cpu family : 5
> model : 6x86 2x Core/Bus Clock
> vendor_id : CyrixInstead
> stepping : 2 rev 2
That's what you get with the old Mike Jagdis patch, which BTW is not
compatible with 2.0.32preX.
>
> that'd be nice, since i know this is a step2/rev7 chip. :)
>
Again, I am sorry to report that you have got something wrong. :(
Please apply _my_ patch, and it will correctly identify your 6x86 as a
revision 4.2 6x86L on this machine. Remove the previous patch first.
URL of _my_ patch: http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix/Cyrix.patch-2
Thanks for your feedback,
Cheers,
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Andrew D. Balsa
Home Page: http://www.tux.org/~balsa
andrewbalsa@usa.net
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