From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 15 11:19:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8748410656DA; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:19:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.larabel@phoronix.com) Received: from phx1.phoronix.com (173.192.77.202-static.reverse.softlayer.com [173.192.77.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D5138FC1D; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:19:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-98-193-96-120.hsd1.il.comcast.net ([98.193.96.120] helo=[172.16.93.133]) by phx1.phoronix.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rb9LT-0002Vs-4s; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:19:27 -0600 Message-ID: <4EE9D7B8.50209@phoronix.com> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:19:20 -0600 From: Michael Larabel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111110 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Hartland References: <4EE1EAFE.3070408@m5p.com><4EE2AE64.9060802@m5p.com> <4EE88343.2050302@m5p.com><4EE933C6.4020209@zedat.fu-berlin.de><20111215024249.GA13557@icarus.home.lan><4EE9A2A0.80607@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4EE9C79B.7080607@phoronix.com> <4EE9D214.3070906@phoronix.com> <95A7C3EFE7B4406EAFF0259CD8B61D1C@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <95A7C3EFE7B4406EAFF0259CD8B61D1C@multiplay.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - phx1.phoronix.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - phoronix.com Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List , Current FreeBSD , Michael Ross , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, "O. Hartmann" , Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:19:32 -0000 On 12/15/2011 05:02 AM, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Larabel" > > >> >> I was the on that carried out the testing and know that it was on the >> same system. >> >> All of the testing, including the system tables, is fully automated. >> Under FreeBSD sometimes the parsing of some component strings isn't >> as nice as Linux and other supported operating systems by the >> Phoronix Test Suite. For the BSD motherboard string parsing it's >> grabbing hw.vendor/hw.product from sysctl. Is there a better place to >> read the motherboard DMI information from? > > dmidecode may provide better info? > > Regards > Steve dmidecode is used on Linux for parsing some of the hardware information. I think I looked at using it for BSD too, but offhand I don't recall what the problem was. I'll check into it again with the latest release when time allows. Michael > > ================================================ > This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. > and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of > misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, > printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in > it. > In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission > please telephone +44 845 868 1337 > or return the E.mail to postmaster@multiplay.co.uk. > >