Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:49:46 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> To: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'uname -p' & wrong CPU Message-ID: <19991028194946.A2922@ipass.net> In-Reply-To: <99Oct29.093450est.40349@border.alcanet.com.au> References: <19991028185647.A1427@ipass.net> <99Oct29.093450est.40349@border.alcanet.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy:
|On 1999-Oct-29 08:56:47 +1000, Randall Hopper wrote:
|>Is there a reason why 'uname -p' always reports 'i386'?
|
|As I understand it, "uname -p" (and "uname -m") are intended to
|report a generic platform architecture (i386 vs Alpha), rather
|than the specific CPU variant.
|
|>Linux kicks out i586 for Pentium-class CPUs,
|
|Against which Solaris reports `sparc' and Digital UNIX reports `alpha',
|rather than the specific processor variant.
Ok, makes sense.
Do you know the correct way is for software to inquire about the CPU
installed? We don't have cat /proc/cpuinfo. And sysctl hw.model is still
pretty generic:
hw.model: AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor
Surely not:
> dmesg | grep '^CPU:'
CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor (399.81-MHz 586-class CPU)
as that doesn't work if too many errors have spewed into syslog.
FWIW, I have an AMD K6-III, though FreeBSD doesn't know it.
Randall
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