Re: uname reports 'unknown'

[Davidovac Zoran]

same here, perhaps it is time to rewrite uname,
to use /proc/cpuinfo ?

root@www:~# uname -a
Linux www 2.2.20 #1 Wed Feb 6 11:23:03 CET 2002 i686 unknown
root@www:~# more /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 5
model name      : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 350.798
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
sep_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 mmx fxsr
bogomips

On 11 Mar 2002, Shawn Starr wrote:

> Date: 11 Mar 2002 20:43:37 -0500
> From: Shawn Starr <[e-mail]>
> To: Linux <[e-mail]>
> Subject: uname reports 'unknown'
>
> Linux coredump 2.4.19-pre2-ac4-xfs-shawn10 #2 Mon Mar 11 03:36:35 EST
> 2002 i586 unknown
>
>
> what should 'unknown' really be? I've never seen it different on Intel
> systems.
>
> Shawn.
>
>
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