Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751319AbWAIU3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:29:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751320AbWAIU3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:29:10 -0500 Received: from ns1.idleaire.net ([65.220.16.2]:15569 "EHLO iasrv1.idleaire.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751319AbWAIU3J (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:29:09 -0500 Subject: Re: Athlon 64 X2 cpuinfo oddities From: Dave Dillow To: Jesper Juhl Cc: LKML List In-Reply-To: <9a8748490601091218m1ff0607h79207cfafe630864@mail.gmail.com> References: <9a8748490601091218m1ff0607h79207cfafe630864@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:29:07 -0500 Message-Id: <1136838548.6029.4.camel@dillow.idleaire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2006 20:28:52.0772 (UTC) FILETIME=[4E5F6640:01C6155B] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 20 On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 21:18 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > Second thing I find slightly odd is the lack of "sse3" in the "flags" list. > I was under the impression that all AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU's featured SSE3? > Is it a case of: > a) Me being wrong, not all Athlon 64 X2's feature SSE3? > b) The CPU actually featuring SSE3 but Linux not taking advantage of it? > c) The CPU features SSE3 and it's being utilized, but /proc/cpuinfo > doesn't show that fact? > d) Something else? Can't help you with the rest, but SSE3 is called "pni" in cpuinfo for historical reasons, IIRC. -- Dave Dillow - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/