From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 05:09:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 05:08:57 -0500 Received: from xsmtp.ethz.ch ([129.132.97.6]:28605 "EHLO xfe3.d.ethz.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 05:08:53 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5991BC.64525AF7@student.ethz.ch> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 11:09:00 +0100 From: Giacomo Catenazzi X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.5 IP22) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "J . A . Magallon" CC: "Giacomo A . Catenazzi" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Coppermine is a PIII or a Celeron? In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2001 10:08:51.0651 (UTC) FILETIME=[00119130:01C0795B] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "J . A . Magallon" wrote: > > On 2001.01.02 Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > > Hello! > > > > When working in cpu autoconfiguration I found some problems: > > > > I have to identify this processor: > > Vendor: Intel > > Family: 6 > > Model: 8 > > Is it a "Pentium III (Coppermine)" (setup.c:1709) > > or a "Celeron (Coppermine)" (setup.c:1650) ? > > > > AFAIK, both. Coppermine is the code name of the low level arch of > the chip. > > Really, the kernel should be querying the builder: Have you a > Deschutes, a Mendocino or a Coppermine ? How much cache do you have ? > But that is rarely known (Uh? I bought a Pentium III). You have to > guess from the answer to: > Have you a PII, an old Celeron (Mendocino) or a new Cel-PIII (Copper). > Thus the older Celerons should be compiled with CONFIG_M686 (Pentium Pro), but the Celeron Coppermine can be compiled with CONFIG_M686FXSR (Pentium III), right? In this case we should update the files Configure.help and the config.in files. giacomo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/