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Date:      Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:56:59 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c
Message-ID:  <20051018065659.GD59364@cell.sick.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20051018035902.GH53525@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 08:59:02PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
D> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 12:20:18PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
D> > D> Other than my electric company no one (people or
D> > D> FreeBSD SW) should care that I have dual-core CPU's.
D> > 
D> > I don't agree. The dmesg output should describe the physical layout
D> > of the hardware, too.
D> 
D> Why is this not clear?
D> 
D>     CPU: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 280 (2392.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
D> 
D> They are 200 series Opteron - you can have only 2 (or 1) in a system.
D> They are dual-core.
D> 
D>     FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
D>      cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
D>      cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
D>      cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  2
D>      cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  3
D> 
D> proper outout given the above 'CPU' ident string.
D> 
D> 
D> > When maintaining hundreds of systems in server
D> > room, people usually forget what lives inside the computer cases. And
D> > when one needs to tell what is the motherboard and how many sockets
D> > and fans it has, he should be capable to do this without opening
D> > the case.
D> 
D> The above dmesg doesn't tell this to you?

Only after you have explained it. If I am a new FreeBSD user, I won't
understand that I have two sockets with two dual core CPUs.

And I agree with both Colin's and Daniel's points of view.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
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