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

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

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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