Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763270AbXESGSz (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 02:18:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753742AbXESGSt (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 02:18:49 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:53477 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753643AbXESGSs (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 02:18:48 -0400 Message-ID: <464E96A1.60808@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 23:18:09 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eugene@ns.armcci.am CC: Chris Snook , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ht CPU flag References: <464DFBE0.5060904@redhat.com> <464E03C5.6040507@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 800 Lines: 20 eugene@ns.armcci.am wrote: > As I already told, there is no stepping 4 for Xeons on Intel site! So > /proc/cpuinfo, dmidecode, x86info are all wrong. > Moreover, x86info is too old and can't work with /sys fs. > > Also Linux is poor on giving FSB and Memory frequency, which I need to > be sure that memory timing is correct (SPD gives slower parameters then > are on SDRAM labels :( ). Linux doesn't give a hoot. Setting up the memory is the BIOS' job. I'm sure the authors of the tools can use a hand in updating them if they are out of date. -hpa - 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/