Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:48:15 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.ORG>, Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c Message-ID: <20051018144815.GA2345@freebie.xs4all.nl> 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, 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.. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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