cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Tue Oct 18 07:48:21 PDT 2005


On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:08:08PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote..
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:02:27PM -0700, Colin Percival wrote:
> > David O'Brien wrote:
> > > Why is this not clear?
> > > 
> > >     CPU: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 280 (2392.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
> > > 
> > > They are 200 series Opteron - you can have only 2 (or 1) in a system.
> > > They are dual-core.
> > 
> > This may be clear to *you*, but five years from now I'm sure that *I* won't
> > be able to remember what the AMD Opteron 280 is.
> > 
> > If in doubt, present the same information several times in different ways.
> 
> Should I add code on Opteron sytems to print the number of DIMM's
> attached to each CPU?  Or the amount of memory on each CPU?  Or maybe the

For a NUMA machine, sure, the DIMM config could mean something ;)

> Why is it we don't print out the cache configuration unless it is a
> verbose boot?  I would find that information quite useful also so I
> wouldn't have to look up CPU model names, etc..

Interesting question..

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