Re: Celeron processor detection

Rob Dale (rob@nb.net)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:56:35 -0400


David Whysong wrote:
>
> I have a brand new Intel Celeron 266 processor (clocked at 400 MHz).
>
> [dwhysong@Sleepy dwhysong]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 5
> model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
> stepping : unknown
> cache size : 128 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> sep_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 2
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr 6 mce cx8 9 sep 12 pge 14 cmov 16 17 mmx 24
> bogomips : 400.59
>
> The model name and cache size are both wrong.

Technically, the model name is right. The Celeron uses
the Deschutes core.

Maybe you got lucky and recieved a PII 266a ;)

-- 
Robert Dale

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