[PLUG] Retrieve P4 sSpec programmatically?

Kenneth G. Stephens kens at cad2cam.com
Wed Apr 30 20:41:01 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 16:28, brmiller at kudzuforest.com wrote:
> 
> Here's one for the group.  I bought a P4 2.26GHz a couple weeks
> ago, and not paying attention, slapped the thermal compound and
> heatsink on top of it without reading all the cool numbers on the
> top.  Now, I would like to know which sSpec I have so that I can
> be aware of core errata and things like that.
> 
> In Linux (2.4.20), it properly identifies the CPU as follows:
> 
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 2
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.26GHz
> stepping        : 4
> cpu MHz         : 2265.641
> cache size      : 512 KB
> 
> Is there any way to go from this info (family 15, model 2, stepping 4) to
> something like the Intel sSpec or core stepping that Intel uses on their
> website?  Or is there another program that will read and decode the 
> CPUID info?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brendan
This page lists your number along with certain other things you might
know:
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/list.asp?ProcFam=483&CorSpd=ALL&SysBusSpd=ALL&PkgType=ALL

HTH
Ken






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