Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265825AbUAPT7h (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:59:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265826AbUAPT7h (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:59:37 -0500 Received: from delerium.codemonkey.org.uk ([81.187.208.145]:61058 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265825AbUAPT7c (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:59:32 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:59:00 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: David Ford Cc: linux-kernel mailing list Subject: Re: Unknown CPU Message-ID: <20040116195900.GA11919@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , David Ford , linux-kernel mailing list References: <40083E96.3020109@blue-labs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40083E96.3020109@blue-labs.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 703 Lines: 21 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 - 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/