Bob Taylor wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 22:46 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
> > Bob Taylor wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 00:19 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> > >
> > >> Bob Taylor wrote:
> > >>
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > >
> > >>> uname -imp:
> > >>>
> > >>> i686 i686 i386
> > >>>
> > >>> Don't know why the kernel says it's an i386. Kernel bug? Gateway
> > >>> purchase?
> > >>>
> > >> i386 is the architecture, in there you have processor flavors
> > >> which can be i386 (generic), i486, i586 and i686 tuned. C5 only
> > >> carries the generic i386 (default compile options) and the i686
> > >> tuned binaries, i586 tuned binaries are no longer being supported
> > >> after C4.
> > >>
> > >
> > > What does this say my cpu is:
> > >
> > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> > > cpu family : 6
> > > model : 5
> > > model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > >
> > >> The uname output is valid for your install, the question now is
> > >> why rpm refuses to install valid architecture binaries on your
> > >> system.
> > >>
> > >
> > > So, my cpu is not an i686?
> > >
> >
> > a P-II should be. i686 is everything from the Pentium Pro onwards,
> > including P-II, P-III, P4, core, and the various clones. it does NOT
> > include the original Pentiums (p5 and p54) or 'pentium w/ MMX', those
> > are i586.
>
> What is model : 5 above compared to p5?
The model refers to "Pentium II", the family '6' refers to i686,
the stepping is the sub-version of "Pentium II" which for yours
has the nick name "Deschutes".
Here is the cpu info of a more recent quad core Intel.
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3220 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 7
This model is 10 cpu designs ahead, but still part of the i686 family,
of course these 10 designs do not show the separate Pentium/Xeon/Pro
tree lineages. I think they gave up giving the steppings nick names
a long long time ago.
-Ross
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