Re: procfs problems

Mike Jagdis (mike@roan.co.uk)
Wed, 16 Apr 1997 09:40:23 +0100 (GMT/BST)


On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Dan Hollis wrote:

> x86:
> cpu : 586

In passing the x86 "cpu" field should really be "family" and should
drop the trailing "86". A 5x86 is not a 486 cpu but is a family 4 chip.
Similarly a 6x86 is family 5 but not what many people think of as
a 586.

Mike

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