Interlagos CPU information under /proc/cpuinfo not correct in 32bit versions of RHEL5
Issue
- Interlagos processors may report incorrect information under 32bit installs of supported versions of RHEL5.
Environment
- RHEL5.7+
- X86 (32bit) versions only
Diagnoses
- To determine if an Interlagos-based system is encountering this issue, simply use the "cat" command to list out the contents of /proc/cpuinfo.
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Results on a 8 core processor will typically show as follows:
processor : 15 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 21 model : 1 model name : AMD stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 2600.224 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 1 siblings : 8 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 <<<< Not Correct >>>> apicid : 39 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
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