> > of CPU's.  I was curious if it might be sold by Intel as a Pentium II but
> > classified (for compatibility/etc.) by NetBSD as a plain Pentium.
>
> No, it's not possible. NetBSD gets information from the result of
> cpuid instruction provided by processor itself.

I wasn't questioning whether NetBSD had a reliable means of identifying
the CPU class.  Rather, I was asking if it was possible that what NetBSD
identifies as a Pentium might have been legitimately marketed (by Intel or
one Gateway, et al) as a PentiumII.

The two questions are related, but not the same.

From what others have said, it sounds like an illegitimate swap has taken
place, compared with the actual PentiumII 233 in a desktop that I have.


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