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> References: <200510160858.j9G8wR9v045670@repoman.freebsd.org> <200510171200.49522.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20051017172828.GB97278@dragon.NUXI.org> <200510171417.38095.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20051017183139.GA97488@dragon.NUXI.org> <1129576130.1152.30.camel@leguin> <20051017192018.GD97488@dragon.NUXI.org> <20051017213635.GC59364@cell.sick.ru> <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. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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