cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c

[David O'Brien]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:02:27PM -0700, Colin Percival wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > Why is this not clear?
> > 
> >     CPU: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 280 (2392.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
> > 
> > They are 200 series Opteron - you can have only 2 (or 1) in a system.
> > They are dual-core.
> 
> This may be clear to *you*, but five years from now I'm sure that *I* won't
> be able to remember what the AMD Opteron 280 is.
> 
> If in doubt, present the same information several times in different ways.

Should I add code on Opteron sytems to print the number of DIMM's
attached to each CPU?  Or the amount of memory on each CPU?  Or maybe the
color of the CPU fans?  

How far do we take it to avoid having to remove the case to know what the
HW inside is?

Why is it we don't print out the cache configuration unless it is a
verbose boot?  I would find that information quite useful also so I
wouldn't have to look up CPU model names, etc..
 
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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)