Re: NetBSD-5.0_BETA: unidentified AMD cpu

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

On Tuesday 27 January 2009 12:40:24 Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the service processor tells me for /SYS/MB/P0 and ../P1:
>
>     Properties:
>         type = Host Processor
>         fru_name = QUAD-CORE AMD OPTERON(TM) PROCESSOR 2356
>         fru_manufacturer = ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
>         fru_version = 03
>         fru_part_number = 1002
>
> which is, I think, consistent with what the marketing sheets.
>
> However: NetBSD random86 5.0_BETA NetBSD 5.0_BETA (GENERIC) #0: Tue Jan
>
> 13 16:06:19 CET 2009 tells me:
> > dmesg |grep cpu
>
> cpu0 at mainbus0 apid 0: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
> cpu1 at mainbus0 apid 1: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
> cpu2 at mainbus0 apid 2: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
> cpu3 at mainbus0 apid 3: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
> cpu4 at mainbus0 apid 4: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
> cpu5 at mainbus0 apid 5: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
> cpu6 at mainbus0 apid 6: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
> cpu7 at mainbus0 apid 7: AMD 686-class, 2300MHz, id 0x100f23
>
> a) should it know more?
> b) does anything break because it doesn't know?

cpuctl identify n  should tell you where 'n' is a number between
0 and 7.

Christoph