Re: Unknown CPU

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:42:14PM -0500, David Ford wrote:
 > I've an unknown cpu (athlon xp) in my machine.  What data do I need to 
 > collect so the kernel knows what it is?
 > 
 > # cat /proc/cpuinfo
 > processor       : 0
 > vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
 > cpu family      : 6
 > model           : 10
 > model name      : Unknown CPU Type

That string gets read from the CPU directly, after the BIOS programs it.
Try and get an updated BIOS.

		Dave

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