>>>   Currently uname states:
>>>   
>>>   -m      print the machine hardware name. $MACHINE
>>>   -p      print the machine processor architecture name. $MACHINE_ARCH
>>>
>>>
>>>i don't see what the problem here is.
>>
>>the i386 lacks the ability to report "i486", or "i586", or "athlon" or
>>anything else that might be considered interesting.
>
>sysctl hw.model?

well...that "works" for i386, since i get

	hw.model = Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) (686-class)

but on my sparc i get this

	hw.model = MB86904 @ 110 MHz, on-chip FPU

which doesn't relate at all the the sun4foo stuff.

>We could perhaps do with better and more consistent fine-grained reporting
>of CPU types, but I'm not sure uname is the right place for it.

since i don't have any other machines or systems at my fingertips with
which to counter this statement, i'll have to disagree and say it just
seems like the right answer.

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