On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 22:17 -0600, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I bought a Dell laptop that was supposed to have a 1.86GHz processor.
> But cat /proc/cpuinfo displays:
>
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 13
> model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.86GHz
> stepping : 8
> cpu MHz : 798.060
> cache size : 2048 KB
>
>
> Have I been lead astray?
No. The model name is correct. It's very likely just the CPU/kernel
scaling the speed on an "as-needed" basis to save power. ("Intel
Enhanced SpeedStep Technology," I believe it's called.)
--
Peter Gordon (codergeek42)
GnuPG Public Key ID: 0xDA3634D7
Fingerprint: 0629 F604 3C14 937E F088 E5E9 B3CB 48EC DA36 34D7
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
