CPU reading L2 cache

[optix0]

Hi everyone,

I recently installed Gentoo with the latest kernel 2.4-20 on a laptop. My cpu information is not reading the L2 cache corretly. it's only reading it as 32kb instead of 512kb. Can anyone help me fix this problem.

Thanks


processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 11
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1133MHz
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1133.198
cache size : 32 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 2254.43

[marshall_j]

I'd say that it's reporting the L1 cache size which is 32KB for P3's

[optix0]

I think that could be possible if you count the CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K = 32KB
Would there be anyreason why it does not show how many L2 cache. I have installed previous kernel 2.4.18-3 for redhat and it shows up with Cache 512KB.

Thanks for the fast reply.


Detected 1133.199 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 2254.43 BogoMIPS
Memory: 494904k/507840k available (2424k kernel code, 10372k reserved, -2964k da
ta, 164k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Proc Config support by ptb@it.uc3m.es
proc config counted 2108 bytes in names
proc config counted 240 bytes in value handles
CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.