Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 10:33:19 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device cpufreq Message-ID: <20050524173319.GA34689@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20050524163229.GE21800@poupinou.org> References: <20050520033116.62902.qmail@web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20050524155924.GE31564@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050524163229.GE21800@poupinou.org>
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On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 06:32:29PM +0200, Bruno Ducrot wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 08:59:24AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:31:16PM -0700, Neil Short wrote: > > > I updated to 6.0-CURRENT to test out the powernow > > > drivers on my machine. It's a laptop and the processor > > > is AMD Athlon-xpm. > > .. > > > carmen# dmesg > > > ... > > > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor 3000+ (1595.89-MHz > > > 686-class CPU) > > > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xf48 Stepping = 8 > > > > I'm surprised by this output - you have a K8 core CPU (754-pin rev. C0). > > Your BIOS should say something other than "Athlon(tm) XP". What laptop > > do you have? > > Some amd64 with long mode disabled are called 'sempron' due to some QA > failing tests. Uh, no. AMD wishes to sell a 32-bit "value" CPU. They are called the Sempron brand. It makes most sense from a manufacturing POV to make these from a K8 derived core than to continue to produce K7 derivatives. A Sempron is not an Athlon64 that failed QA tests. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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