Subject: Re: Obtaining CPU serial number from within NetBSD?
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.org>
From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 12/17/2004 14:32:00
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 04:03:41PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-12-17 08:48:46 -0600, Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
> wrote in message <20041217144846.GB66835@seekingfire.com>:
> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 11:12:12AM -0800, Blaz Antonic wrote:
> > > CPU is identified by SID register (and SID Extension field in ROM). To
> > > see SID type
> > > >>> e/i 3e
> > 
> > I 0000003E 12000003
> 
> 0x12 = 18, so this is a Mariah CPU (as
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/linux-vax/kernel-2.5/include/asm-vax/vaxcpu.h?rev=1.6&view=auto
> tells). The m90 is IIRC a NVAX implementation, so your box is a wrongly
> labeled 4000m60.

That makes sense.

> > KA46-A V1.3-387-V4.1
> > 08-00-2B-3A-0C-D4
> > 16MB
> 
> Looks okay. The ROM identified the machine as a KA46, as will do NetBSD
> and Linux.

NetBSD does, yes.

> > So everything except the front case sticker claims that it's a KA46.
> 
> /me too :)

It still feels vaguely suspicious, but at least it's making sense now ;-)

-T


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