Subject: Re: Thread benchmarks, round 2
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/09/2007 16:32:03
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On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 02:34:00PM +0100, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 05:04:32PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > In article <20071008152542.GA2173@colwyn.zhadum.org.uk>,
> > Matthias Scheler  <tron@zhadum.org.uk> wrote:
> > >On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 05:53:45PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > >> NetBSD's amd64 performance sucks right now. My DELL WS 470, runs a *=
lot*
> > >> slower with NetBSD/amd64 than running NetBSD/i386...
> > >
> > >What kind of CPUs does that machine have? The EM64T support in Intel's
> > >Netburst CPUs is well known for its bad performance.
> > >
> >=20
> > cpu0 at mainbus0 apid 0: (boot processor)
> > cpu0:                   Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.40GHz, 3391.64 MHz
> > cpu0: features: bffbfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MT=
RR>
> > 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: 649d<SSE3,MONITOR,DS-CPL,EST,CID,xTPR>
> > cpu0: features3: bffbfbff<SYSCALL/SYSRET,XD,EM64T>
> > cpu0: L2 cache 1 MB 64B/line 8-way
>=20
> I'm still not sure what CPU this is based on the above output. Can you
> perhaps have a look at what the BIOS calls it?

I don't think there has been more than one model of Xeon clocked at
3.4GHz.

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Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"See the look on my face from staying too long in one place
[...] every time the morning breaks I know I'm closer to falling"
KT Tunstall, Saving My Face, Drastic Fantastic, 2007.

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