Maybe your BIOS needs updating? I'm grasping here, but that has been the thing that makes /proc/cpuinfo tell me lies. Or, maybe your father bought the wrong (or right, ironically) CPU?
God, it's nearly 1:00am. Why do I let the girlfriend keep me up with drama. Geez. On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 20:37, Stroller wrote: > I've borrowed an Athlon CPU from my father, to test in a Tyan Tiger > dual-proc board I have acquired. As far as i knew, this processor is a > bog-standard Althon XP, but both the BIOS & `cat /proc/cpuinfo` show it > as an MP. > > The markings on the processor start with the letters "AX", which, > according to this page > <http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4086>, indicates > it's an MP. Do all Athlons show up as "MP" in /proc/cpuinfo, or could > it be the case that this has been misbadged..? > > Could be the board causing such an output..? > > TIA for any comments, > > Stroller. > > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 6 > model : 6 > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP 1600+ > stepping : 2 > cpu MHz : 1400.083 > cache size : 256 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge > mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow > bogomips : 2791.83 > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
