[plug] How to determine CPU Types for kernel rebuilds

[Steege, Phil E]

Paul

I am trying to rebuild a RedHat kernel Version 2.4.9 Release 31.

How to I determine wether my Celeron is a Pentium-II or Coppermine, or does
it matter?

As I said, one cpu is a Celeron 300A (overclocked to 450Mhz) and one is a
Celeron 850Mhz.

Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Dean [mailto:paul at thecave.cantech.net.au] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:12 AM
To: PLUG
Subject: Re: [plug] How to determine CPU Types for kernel rebuilds


Hya Phil,

What kernel are you tring to build?
Under Processor type and features  ---> Processor family you ahve the
listings.

You should get the choice of;
( ) 386  
( ) 486
( ) 586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX
( ) Pentium-Classic
( ) Pentium-MMX
( ) Pentium-Pro/Celeron/Pentium-II	<--- Choose this one or
( ) Pentium-III/Celeron(Coppermine)	<--- this one.
( ) Pentium-4
( ) K6/K6-II/K6-III
( ) Athlon/Duron/K7
( ) Elan
( ) Crusoe
etc...

If you are not sure then use the "Help" option to define your choice.

Hope this helps...



On Tue, 21 May 2002, Steege, Phil E wrote:

> When I tried to build a new kernel, the menuconfig screen asked me for 
> my CPU type 586, 686 etc... I have a celeron 300A in one machine and a 
> Celeron 800 in the other.  Are these 586's or 686's.
> I used to think 586 was the designator for a Pentium and 686 for Pentium
> Pro, but I am not sure.
> I did a "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and it just says "Celeron".
> I looked in "dmesg|more" and did not see anything there either, but then I
> may have missed it.
> 
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 

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