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Topic: How to change the "machine" in /proc/cpuinfo?

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Post #1
donpinpon
29 Jul 2015, 11:24

How to change the "machine" in /proc/cpuinfo

# cat /proc/cpuinfo 
system type             : Atheros AR9330 rev 1
[b][u]machine                 : TP-LINK TL-MR3020[/u][/b]
processor               : 0
cpu model               : MIPS 24Kc V7.4
BogoMIPS                : 265.42
wait instruction        : yes
microsecond timers      : yes
tlb_entries             : 16
extra interrupt vector  : yes
hardware watchpoint     : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0000, 0x0598, 0x0c00, 0x0080]
ASEs implemented        : mips16
shadow register sets    : 1
kscratch registers      : 0
core                    : 0
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available

machine                 : TP-LINK TL-MR3020
any idea?

(Last edited by donpinpon on 29 Jul 2015, 11:42)

Post #2
eduperez
29 Jul 2015, 13:00

Why? That information is provided by the kernel, probably based on the hardware it found during boot-up, or perhaps from the compilation.

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