On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 05:20:16PM +0100, Vincent Hanquez wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 04:27:47PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Are you sure ? Notice that the only difference between a 744x and the > > corresponding 745x is the absence of external L3 cache. In particular, > > there is no way to tell which version of the CPU is used from a software > > point of view. So, of using a 7445 or a 7455, and given the fact that > > the G4 iBook doesn't have external L3 cache (or does it), which one do > > you believe Apple did use in the iBook ? > > Hmm. report as 7455 by cpuinfo.
Yeah, i know, my 7447 also reports as a 7457, and i know that it is a 7447, because it is written on the chip among other reasons. > But that's true there's no L3 cache on this one. Only difference trully. I think it would be nicer to report it as 7445/7457 or something such. Friendly, Sven Luther
