Re: /proc/cpuinfo for Intel P4 D850GB

[David Weinehall]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 08:07:20PM -0600, [e-mail] wrote:
> On a 2.0.36 kernel the above-referenced mb
> shows:
> 
> dragonwind:/proc# cat cpuinfo
> processor	: 0
> cpu		: ?86
> model		: 386 SX/DX
> vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
> 
> At the least, java breaks because of the '?' char.
> 
> Is the problem is due to the older 2.0.36 kernel,
> or would the problem also present itself on a newer 2.2.x kernel?

Ahhhh, bit by the "IV written as 15 by Intel"-bug.

I'll hack up a fix to apply against v2.0.39.

And no, you won't be bit by this bug in a recent v2.2 or v2.4 kernel.

/David
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