From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 22:23:05 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 882E016A41A for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:23:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (muon.bluestop.org [80.68.94.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B46713C478 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:23:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.draftnet (dyn-62-56-112-132.dslaccess.co.uk [62.56.112.132]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 766B93000E; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:19:01 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <46D5F183.4080704@cran.org.uk> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:21:55 +0100 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yuri Pankov References: <-3502020561049594852@unknownmsgid> <20070829191310.GA50909@freebsd.org> <50152.2001:6f8:101e:0:20e:cff:fe6d:6adb.1188416964.squirrel@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de> <46D5ECD9.9020605@cran.org.uk> <20070829221737.GD62274@darklight.org.ru> In-Reply-To: <20070829221737.GD62274@darklight.org.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding k9 and k10 to bsd.cpu.mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:23:05 -0000 Yuri Pankov wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 11:02:01PM +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > >> Björn König wrote: >> >>> Roman Divacky wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I dont think the name matters THAT MUCH, the important thing is >>>> to support the newer CPUs with FreeBSD infrastructure... name >>>> it "blahblah" if you wish >>>> >>>> >>> I agree. >>> >>> Intel's first Pentium 4 with SSE3 is called "prescott". We could use >>> "venice" analogously to represent SSE3-capable Athlon64 CPUs. >>> >>> >> Would it be possible to indicate whether SSE3 is supported during boot? >> I have a Turion 64 X2 which from what I've read supports SSE3 but while SSE >> and SSE2 are listed as CPU features during boot, there's no mention of >> SSE3. >> >> -- >> Bruce Cran >> > > FWIW: > It's already indicated during boot for my fairly old Athlon64: > > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (1809.28-MHz K8-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x20ff0 Stepping = 0 > Features=0x78bfbff > Features2=0x1 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > AMD Features=0xe2500800 > AMD Features2=0x1