Subject: port-amd64/37461: x86 cpu dmesg output is noisy
To: None <port-amd64-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/02/2007 06:35:00
>Number:         37461
>Category:       port-amd64
>Synopsis:       x86 cpu dmesg output is noisy
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    port-amd64-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 02 06:35:00 +0000 2007
>Originator:     Jared D. McNeill
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.38
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD black.invisible.ca 4.99.38 NetBSD 4.99.38 (GENERIC) #74: Sun Dec 2 01:20:32 EST 2007 jmcneill@black.invisible.ca:/export/home/jmcneill/branches/jmcneill-pm/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
	dmesg output for cpu0 on a Core 2 Duo by default is massive:

cpu0 at mainbus0 apid 0: (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7100  @ 1.80GHz, 1795.71 MHz
cpu0: features: bffbfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features: bffbfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,B20,DS,ACPI,MMX>
cpu0: features: bffbfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF>
cpu0: features2: e3bd<SSE3,MONITOR,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,xTPR,PDCM>
cpu0: features3: bffbfbff<SYSCALL/SYSRET,XD,EM64T>
cpu0: L2 cache 2 MB 64B/line 8-way
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep (1420 mV) 2000 MHz
cpu0: unknown Enhanced SpeedStep CPU.
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep frequencies available (MHz): 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200
cpu0: calibrating local timer
cpu0: apic clock running at 199 MHz
cpu0: 64 page colors
>How-To-Repeat:
	On i386 or amd64:
		$ dmesg | grep ^cpu0
>Fix:
	Can we make most of this output aprint_verbose or aprint_debug?

>Unformatted: