Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763430AbXESIeS (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 04:34:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755721AbXESIeK (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 04:34:10 -0400 Received: from ns.armcci.am ([195.250.88.164]:55284 "EHLO ns.armcci.am" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755487AbXESIeI (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 04:34:08 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 13:33:56 +0500 (AMST) From: eugene@ns.armcci.am To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ht CPU flag In-Reply-To: <464E96A1.60808@zytor.com> Message-ID: References: <464DFBE0.5060904@redhat.com> <464E03C5.6040507@redhat.com> <464E96A1.60808@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3820 Lines: 137 On Fri, 18 May 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > 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 they are out of date.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 authors of /proc/cpuinfo: Plz, fix stepping identification: cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.00GHz stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 2000.062 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm bogomips : 4006.39 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.00GHz stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 2000.062 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm bogomips : 3999.80 processor : 2 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.00GHz stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 2000.062 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 3 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm bogomips : 3999.98 processor : 3 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.00GHz stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 2000.062 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 3 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm bogomips : 4000.08 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uname -a Linux rau 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 #5 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 20 10:13:08 AMT 2007 i686 Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is NO "stepping 4" for XEON, as Intel site states! Thank you in advance. - 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/