Re: Discrepancies between /proc/cpuinfo and Dave J's x86info

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
10 Jul 2001 21:27:33 -0700


Followup to: <3B4BC5C0.BDDC12A6@home.com>
By author: Jordan <ledzep37@home.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> According to Dave J's utility the cpu's appear to be exactly the same
> just as the Intel boxes said when I bought them. What might be causing
> these values to be different. And if the BIOS is setting things up
> incorrectly then why does Dave J's utility show the correct values?
> Thanks for any help.
>

/proc/cpuinfo shows "cooked" values which may be modified by the
kernel, depending on what it knows about CPU errata or kernel
capabilities.

-hpa

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