Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:21:55 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Yuri Pankov <yuri@darklight.org.ru> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding k9 and k10 to bsd.cpu.mk Message-ID: <46D5F183.4080704@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070829221737.GD62274@darklight.org.ru> References: <-3502020561049594852@unknownmsgid> <a31046fc0708291203s3e71d603ka7b34cc320a8166a@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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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<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2> > Features2=0x1<SSE3> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > AMD Features=0xe2500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!> > AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF Apologies, mine indicates SSE3 support too - I don't know how I missed it! -- Bruce Cran
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