ashley maher wrote:
I've just completed an install on a laptop with the Intel Pentium M 770
chip.
TO my surprise Ubuntu chose to install the 386 series kernel. Wouldn't
the 586 kernel be "better suited" to the M series chip or is there
something I don't know about the M series requiring the more "generic"
kernel?
Hi Ashley
The Pentium M will run code compiled for the i686.
$ uname --processor --hardware-platform --machine
i686 i686 i386
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 9
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600MHz
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 1595.112
cache size : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush
dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
bogomips : 3192.65
The bogomips score is a tad misleading; it gives the Pentium 4 a
good run for its money.
Cheers,
Glen
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