Re: bin/38667: cpuctl does not properly deal with AMD Phenom

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

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From: Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, chris%dokein.co.uk@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/38667: cpuctl does not properly deal with AMD Phenom
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:16:05 -0700 (PDT)

 On Sat, 17 May 2008, Chris Gilbert wrote:
 
 > >  > I think this would have to actually be "Family 10h", as Opteron's also
 > >  > report the same cpuid.  See page 5 of:
 > >  > 
 > > http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/41322.pdf
 > >  >
 > >  > If you're ok with that I'll check in the change.
 > >
 > >  Hmmm, when all this was still in-kernel we were able to differentiate
 > >  (or at least, unambiguously identify my quad-core Phenom).
 > >
 > >  Here's the dmesg output from previous 4.99.60 kernel:
 > >
 > >    cpu0 at mainbus0 apid 0: (boot processor)
 > >    cpu0: AMD Phenom(tm) 9600 Quad-Core Processor, 2310.80 MHz
 > >          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >
 > That's not actually the kernel.  That's the embedded ID string in the
 > CPU that has the branding info.  My quad-core also had an AMD unknown
 > CPU (or similar) line in the output.
 
 Ah, OK.  I'm fine with checking in the "Family 10h" nomenclature.
 
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