what's the difference between cat /proc/cpuinfo and x86info

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12-15-2005, 12:20 AM	#1
jayeola Member Registered: Dec 2005 Location: london, uk Distribution: BLAG GNU/Linux Posts: 58 Rep:	what's the difference between cat /proc/cpuinfo and x86info In order to determine the best drivers for one's cpu when building a kernel?

12-15-2005, 07:45 PM	#2
Lenard Senior Member Registered: Dec 2005 Location: Indiana Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use Posts: 4,790 Rep:	Well 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' will provide information about non-x86 CPU's for starters.

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