Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:56:34 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD 8.-0 think that my Dell SX260 have "non-unform processors"? Message-ID: <20091231184327.I93577@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20091230191848.03c18f81.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20091220215943.5c6cbdcb.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20091221145238.P28370@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20091223003811.cb63c28f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20091223153947.T28370@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20091230191848.03c18f81.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:08:58 +1100 (EST) > Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > > > > > I don't know. Since last time, I've upgraded the bios to the > > > latest (A03) and reset bios to default values - but the problem is > > > still there. According to the specs, a SX260 supports all Pentium > > > 4 cpus with 400 MHz and 533 MHz FSB (front side bus). > > > > Yes, this is your problem, regarding speed anyway. I only picked up > > on this because this year we bought 2 used intel mobos on eBay; a > > D845GBV with a 2GHz P4 (also 400/533 MHz FSB with similar 845 chips > > to yours) and the other a D865GLC with a 2.6GHz HTT P4 (400/533/800 > > MHz FSB). > > You're right, of course. :-) Well, 'for once' :) > I found a Pentium 4 with 400 Mhz FSB, it looks much better now: > FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #6: Sun Oct 11 11:14:33 CEST 2009 > root@kg-work2.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SX270 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz (1992.63-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf27 Stepping = 7 > Features=0xbfebfbff<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,HTT,TM,PBE> > Features2=0x4400<CNXT-ID,xTPR> > real memory = 2145849344 (2046 MB) > > and FreeBSD 8.0 doesn't say anything about "non-unform cpu" anymore. ;^) Great. Your 2GHz P4 is a later stepping which has HTT also, ours is: CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz stepping 04 Total of 1 processors activated (4003.47 BogoMIPS). as Debian dmesg tells it. But I still don't know whether it's nowadays safe and/or advantageous running hyperthreading on these CPUs in FreeBSD? Anyone? cheers, Ian
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