Re: Pentium-M

[Ducrot Bruno <ducrot@poupinou.org>]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:43:23PM +0100, Martin Wegmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 November 2003 10:37, Ducrot Bruno wrote:
> 
> > > > cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > > > processor       : 0
> > > > vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> > > > cpu family      : 6
> > > > model           : 9
> > > > model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz
> > > > stepping        : 5
> > > > cpu MHz         : 1298.912
> > > > cache size      : 0 KB
> >
> >                       ^^^^
> > 		  Kernel bug ?
> >
> > Or the bios 'forgot' to enable caches?
> 
> well, I deeply hope it is not a kernel bug - that would increase my adrenalin 
> level definitely ;-)   Should have it been set to enable by default? Martin
> 

Well, a kernel bug will be more likely be "fine".  It's only
a cosmetic bug.
But if bios bug, then you loose performances.
Im wondering if x86info will give you the correct answer.

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