Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:41:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:41:43 -0400 Received: from 64-238-252-21.arpa.kmcmail.net ([64.238.252.21]:27039 "EHLO kermit.unets.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:41:42 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.5.39 XConfig Processor Detection From: Adam Voigt To: Dave Jones Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020930133057.GA8868@suse.de> References: <1033389340.16337.14.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20020930.052555.123500588.davem@redhat.com> <1033391751.16468.51.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <1033392021.1491.6.camel@beowulf.internetstore.com> <20020930133057.GA8868@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 30 Sep 2002 09:48:10 -0400 Message-Id: <1033393690.1487.14.camel@beowulf.internetstore.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Sep 2002 13:47:08.0242 (UTC) FILETIME=[DE7D4320:01C26887] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1457 Lines: 36 Ahh, that would make sense then. Well I feel kind of dumb, I just naturally assumed you had a built in feature that read the /proc for current hardware or something (and since it worked for me once (when the Athlon was the default)). Heh, well you learn something new every day. Adam Voigt adam.voigt@cryptocomm.com On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 09:30, Dave Jones wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 09:20:21AM -0400, Adam Voigt wrote: > > Apologies if this has already been noted or if I'm posting > > this to the wrong place/annoying you very busy people needlessly, > > but when I run XConfig, in the "Processor Type and Features" tab > > it autodetects my processor as a Pentium-4 when in fact it is a > > P3 700MHZ. The last time I installed a kernel (2.4.x) by hand, it did > > autodetect the processor on that machine (Athlon), so I assume that > > feature is still active. Anyways, here's the output from my cpuinfo: > > There's no 'autodetect' feature. > Only defconfig, which sets the default option. > These defaults match whatever Linus is currently using, so > it seems he upgraded his Athlon box to a P4 8-) > > Dave > > -- > | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk > | SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/