Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:20:43 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@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: <20051018152043.GC84920@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20051018065659.GD59364@cell.sick.ru> 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> <20051018065659.GD59364@cell.sick.ru>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 10:56:59AM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 08:59:02PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> D> Why is this not clear?
> D>
> D> CPU: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 280 (2392.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
...
> 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.
You will understand you have dual-core CPU's - I don't see how you could
misunderstand:
Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 280 (2392.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
What is missing is the information of how many sockets you have in the
machine. Jkim's patch doesn't fix that.
--
-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20051018152043.GC84920>