Re: 2.1.115 and Cyrix detection

Michael Driscoll (fenris@ulf.edgemail.com)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 04:45:13 -0600


>Well, I am sad to say that my Cyrix is still not detected, and is
>reported as a 486. Is anyone else using this chip and having it
>reported correctly? What can I do to troubleshoot this?

You forgot to mention what chip you had.

On my Cyrix 5x86MX PR200+:

avatar@ulf:~[0] cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu family : 6
model : 6x86MX 2x Core/Bus Clock
vendor_id : CyrixInstead
stepping : 1.3
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu de msr cx8 cmov mmx
bogomips : 149.91

avatar@ulf:~[0 uname -a
Linux ulf.edgemail.com 2.1.115 #4 Sat Aug 8 17:33:46 MDT 1998 i686 unknown

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