[mythtv-users] configure did not detect my cpu (SVN #13187)

[Joel Means]

William Munson wrote:
> I just installed a upgraded (2200+ to 2800+Mobile) processor in this 
> computer and configure is not detecting it as a athlonXP mobile 
> processor. The cpu is used (works fine at 2.2GHz) but I have the specs 
> that the seller gave me if that helps. I am currently running it at its 
> rated freq and multipliers. Also below is the output from configure. How 
> can I help?
> 
> PN=AXMA2800FKT4C
> Processor core=Barton
> Socket 462 (A)
> 2133MHz real speed
> bus 133MHz
> multiplier 16
> Stepping Codes AQXDA AQZFA
> 64k level one cache
> 512K level two cache
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> root at mythtv:~/myth/mythtv# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 10
> model name      : Unknown CPU Typ
> stepping        : 0
> cpu MHz         : 2138.512
> cache size      : 512 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge 
> mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts 
> fid vid
> bogomips        : 4281.24
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> root at mythtv:~/myth/mythtv# ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xvmc 
> --disable-xvmc-vld --enable-xvmc-opengl --enable-opengl-vsync 
> --disable-dbox2 --disable-iptv --disable-firewire --enable-dts
> 
>  *** WARNING ***
>  Your CPU was not detected properly:
>    uname -m: i686
>    uname -p: unknown
>  model name: Unknown CPU Typ
>       flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
> cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts fid vid
> 
>  If you are using a recent checkout from
>    http://svn.mythtv.org/svn/trunk/mythtv
>  please e-mail the above to mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>  With the subject "configure did not detect my cpu"
> 
> # Basic Settings
> Compile type     release
> Compiler cache   no
> DistCC           no
> Install prefix   /usr
> CPU              x86_32 (model name     : Unknown CPU Typ)
> big-endian       no
> MMX enabled      yes
> 
> # Input Support
> Joystick menu    yes
> lirc support     yes
> Apple Remote     no
> Video4Linux sup. yes
> ivtv support     yes
> FireWire support no
> DVB support      no [/usr/include]
> DBox2 support    no
> HDHomeRun sup.   yes
> IPTV support     no
> 
> # Sound Output Support
> OSS support      yes
> ALSA support     yes
> aRts support     yes
> JACK support     yes
> DTS passthrough  yes
> 
> # Video Output Support
> x11 support      yes
> xrandr support   yes
> xv support       yes
> XvMC support     yes
> XvMC VLD support no
> XvMC pro support no
> XvMC OpenGL sup. no
> XvMC libs        -lXvMCW
> Mac acceleration no
> OpenGL vsync     yes
> DirectFB         no
> 
> # Misc Features
> Frontend         yes
> Backend          yes
> 
> # Bindings
> bindings_perl    yes
> Creating libs/libmyth/mythconfig.h and libs/libmyth/mythconfig.mak
> 
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> 

I am not an expert on this, but you should be able to pass
"--cpu=athlon" to the configure script.  Most motherboard bioses don't
properly detect the older Athlon XP-M chips.  I always had the same
thing, but it was never a problem (of course, I didn't try to install
MythTV back then).
Joel