[plug] How to determine CPU Types for kernel rebuilds

[Andrew Howell]

I believe if you do a 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' it will tell you if it's
a Celeron (Coppermine)

Andrew

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:07:40AM +0800, Paul Dean wrote:
> Hya Phil,
> 
> Ok the 300A is a Pentium II arch and the 850 is a bit harder to work
> out.
> Do you have the original spec from when you bought the machine/cpu?
> that would be my best bet, or rip the cover off ,if you can (is it your
> box?) grab the cpu and jot down the numbers and goto the intel site and
> do a cpu id search.
> Have a look at this page;
> http://www.intel.com/support/processors/celeron/idyp.htm
> 
> Hope this helps...
> 
> 
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Steege, Phil E wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Paul...
> 
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