Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:39:29 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c Message-ID: <20051018083929.GI7346@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20051018040808.GB23014@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200510171200.49522.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20051017172828.GB97278@dragon.NUXI.org> <200510171417.38095.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20051017183139.GA97488@dragon.NUXI.org> <1129576130.1152.30.camel@leguin> <20051017192018.GD97488@dragon.NUXI.org> <20051017213635.GC59364@cell.sick.ru> <20051018035902.GH53525@dragon.NUXI.org> <435473D3.8080209@freebsd.org> <20051018040808.GB23014@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Mon, 2005-Oct-17 21:08:08 -0700, David O'Brien wrote: >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? Hidden behind bootverbose and/or in the sysctl MIB, this could be useful. And something like prtconf or psrinfo would also be useful. > Or maybe the color of the CPU fans? I have about a dozen AlphaServer 4100's at work. Some of them (we don't know which) have CPU fans from a dodgy batch. It would be very useful to be able to identify the type of CPU fan without having to shutdown each system, pull the drawer out and open it up. >How far do we take it to avoid having to remove the case to know what the >HW inside is? Any hardware description information that can be extracted from the system should be accessible without having to physically open the case. Consider a system being managed remotely - it would be very handy to be able to identify what is inside the system without having to travel to a remote site (potentially in another country). You can also check that the vendor has supplied what you ordered/expected or that the trained monkey has put the correct bits into the correct slots. -- Peter Jeremy
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