Ask HN: DigitalOcean droplet with modified CPU name2 points·by jjoe·há 4 anos·1 commentsHiIs it typical of webhosts to change the "model name" of a CPU in older models/machines from users? This is a new "Basic" droplet I created in NYC:** processor : 0vendor_id : GenuineIntelcpu family : 6model : 63model name : *DO-Regular*stepping : 2microcode : 0x1cpu MHz : 1995.312cache size : 4096 KBphysical id : 0siblings : 1core id : 0cpu cores : 1apicid : 0initial apicid : 0fpu : yesfpu_exception : yescpuid level : 13wp : yesflags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology cpuid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt arat md_clear bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihitbogomips : 3990.62clflush size : 64cache_alignment : 64address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual **1 commentsPost comment[–]wmf·há 4 anosreplyI don't know how common it is, but I can imagine it avoids complaints about "last time you gave me Broadwell but this time I got Haswell".
Is it typical of webhosts to change the "model name" of a CPU in older models/machines from users? This is a new "Basic" droplet I created in NYC:
** processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 63
model name : *DO-Regular*
stepping : 2
microcode : 0x1
cpu MHz : 1995.312
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology cpuid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt arat md_clear bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit
bogomips : 3990.62
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual **