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Re: [BL] question

From: David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [BL] question
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:03:39 -0800

Kunle 'bona wrote:
> I noticed that when i used the uname -a command with
> bzimage my syatem type is labelled i?86 while when i
> used the zimage from bl3-2.2.26 it shows the correct
> machine type: i686; am just curious as to why that is so

The bzImage is version 2.2.16, am I correct? This means
that it is older. Check /proc/cpuinfo with bzImage. If you
see a '?' question mark then it is probable that your CPU
is newer than the old kernel bzImage, therefore it cannot
identify it.

David

[BL] question, Kunle 'bona, 01/06/2006
- Re: [BL] question, David Moberg, 01/06/2006